Wednesday 31 October 2007

Day 72 - Richard Thompson

The 17th and 18th October this month were exceptionally folkadelic with 2 folk gigs on 2 consecutive nights. On the Wednesday we went to see Richard Thompson at the Irish Centre which was amazing. I've heard much about his playing but have never seen or heard him before and he just blew me away.

I didn't get any shots but Gilly got this cool shot of the man himself in action.

How do you top that? Well try Davy Graham the following night at Leeds City Varieties. Once again an amazing night with brilliant support from John Smith a musician well worth checking out who has some amazing and original techniques as well as a stunning voice.

I also must mention the support at the Richard Thompson gig which came from Diana Jones it's not often a person with just an acoustic guitar and evoke such emotions but she was amazing.

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