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+ | ''Christopher Malcolm Thompson'' is a very experienced and professional Folk/Blues/Country singer/songwriter from Raglan, who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such luminaries as Brendan Power, ''Dave McArtney'', Frank Gibson and Tom Ludvigson. He also played guitar in the band of well known Californian folk singer ''Julie Felix'', and toured with ''Stevie Ray Vaughan''. While in England in the early 1970s Chris played with British Folk-Blues legends ''Wizz Jones'' and ''Davey Graham''. In 1974 Chris toured with ''Sonny Terry'' and ''Brownie McGhee''; he has maintained a lifelong friendship with ''Brownie'', for whom he wrote a song ("Letter to Brownie"), which was videoed by TVNZ. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards.As a songwriter, Chris has had seven hits,having had his songs recorded by N.Z. artists ''Mike Harding'',"The Big Muffin Serious Band" ''Jimmy Young'' and ''James Wilkinson',' ''Chris Priestley'', and in America, by ''Meg Baird'' of the Philadelphia neo-folk group ''The Espers''... "The Straw Bear Band" and "Ben Thistle" (in England) and recently(and again, in America ) Chris' most well-known song "Where is my Wild Rose?" has been recorded by ''Robin Pecknold'' of ''The Fleet Foxes''. | ||
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==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
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*[[Chris Thompson (album)]] album, 1973 <br> | *[[Chris Thompson (album)]] album, 1973 <br> | ||
− | *[[Echoes from the Pit]] album, | + | *[[Echoes from the Pit]] album, 1975<br> |
*[[Minstrelsy]] album, 1977 <br> | *[[Minstrelsy]] album, 1977 <br> | ||
*[[Hometown Voodoo]] album, 1981<br> | *[[Hometown Voodoo]] album, 1981<br> | ||
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*[[Far Out and Solid]] album, 1992<br> | *[[Far Out and Solid]] album, 1992<br> | ||
*[[Coffee Break]] album, 1993 <br> | *[[Coffee Break]] album, 1993 <br> | ||
− | *[[Song for Laura]] album, 1995<br | + | *[[Song for Laura]] album, 1995<br> |
*[[Time Flies]] album, 2000<br> | *[[Time Flies]] album, 2000<br> | ||
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*[[For my Double]] album, 2004 | *[[For my Double]] album, 2004 | ||
− | *[[The White Sapphire]] album, 2005 | + | *[[The White Sapphire]] album, 2005 |
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*[[Chris Thompson (Anthology)]], 2010 | *[[Chris Thompson (Anthology)]], 2010 | ||
*[[Chris Thompson and Stan Jagger]] album, 2011 | *[[Chris Thompson and Stan Jagger]] album, 2011 | ||
*[[Where is my Wild Rose?]] album, 2013 | *[[Where is my Wild Rose?]] album, 2013 | ||
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as ''Chris and Lynne Thompson'': <br> | as ''Chris and Lynne Thompson'': <br> | ||
*[[Together]] album, 1985<br> | *[[Together]] album, 1985<br> | ||
*[[Live in Concert]] album, 1988<br> | *[[Live in Concert]] album, 1988<br> | ||
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'''Compilations:''' | '''Compilations:''' | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[image:Whitesapphire.jpg|right|thumb|''White Sapphire'' cover]] | [[image:Whitesapphire.jpg|right|thumb|''White Sapphire'' cover]] | ||
− | ''Videos'' | + | ''Videos on Youtube:'' |
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0d6OzpwOOU| Chris Thompson - ''Crossroads Blues''] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0d6OzpwOOU| Chris Thompson - ''Crossroads Blues''] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lElK0nu8dik Television New Zealand Interview/performance of ''Only One Way Out Of Town'', 1993] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lElK0nu8dik Television New Zealand Interview/performance of ''Only One Way Out Of Town'', 1993] | ||
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzOzQu77Aw0 Chris Thompson - ''If You Lose Your Money''] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzOzQu77Aw0 Chris Thompson - ''If You Lose Your Money''] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaepw356CG0 Chris Thompson - ''Take Two''] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaepw356CG0 Chris Thompson - ''Take Two''] | ||
− | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwwdUkFmZA Chris Thompson and The Wild Allegations - ''When | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwwdUkFmZA Chris Thompson and The Wild Allegations - ''When i am Dead''] |
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− | + | ''This Chris Thompson should not be confused with ''[[Chris Thompson (II)|Chris Thompson]]'', the vocalist from ''Manfred Mann'', who also spent time in Hamilton, including attending Hamilton Boys High School. '' | |
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[[category:Bands]] | [[category:Bands]] | ||
[[category:People]] | [[category:People]] |