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− | + | [[image:Thompson.jpg|right|thumb|1973 cover of the self titled "Chris Thompson" album]] | |
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− | Thompson started out in the [[Kon-Tiki Folk Club]] in Hamilton, and other coffee houses | + | Chris Thompson started out in the [[Kon-Tiki Folk Club]] in Hamilton, and other coffee houses in 1965, and soon graduated to bars, shebeens and honky-tonks. In the early seventies he moved to England, where he played guitar in the band of Californian folk singer ''Julie Felix''. and with British Folk-Blues legends ''Wizz Jones'' and ''Davey Graham''. In 1973 he made his first album, which is recognised internationally as an underground classic and is currently in its fifth edition. In New Zealand in 1974 Chris toured with ''Sonny Terry'' and ''Brownie McGhee''; Chris maintained a lifelong friendship with ''Brownie'', for whom he wrote a song "Letter to Brownie"; the song had a video directed by [[Adam Hyde]], then a student at Waikato Polytech, which was filmed by Wayne Green and screened on TVNZ. In the mid-seventies Chris toured with N.Z.singer/songwriter John Hanlon, backing him up on stage and in the studio. |
− | Chris is an old boy of Southwell School and has spent most of his life in and around Hamilton, where he recorded | + | Chris is an old boy of Southwell School and has spent most of his life in and around Hamilton, where he recorded Hometown Voodoo in 1981; this album contains the song [[Hamilton (song)|Hamilton]], about the city. This song has become widely known due to a version played by [[Big Muffin Serious Band]]. |
+ | In 1984, Chris toured New Zealand with ''Stevie Ray Vaughan'', opening the show in a major nationwide concert tour. ''Thompson'' has had three albums reach the finals of the New Zealand Music Industry awards, and has had his songs recorded by New Zealand artists ''Mike Harding'', [[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''. In England, ''The Straw Bear Band'' has recorded Chris' setting of W.B. Yeats' ''The Song of Wandering Aengus''. Chris' best known song, ''Where is my Wild Rose?'', has been performed by many and was recorded by ''Robin Pecknold'' of ''The Fleet Foxes'' in the U.S.A. in 2010. In mid-2015, ''Little Ballerina'', a song Chris wrote for his daughter Lora (who plays in the Hamilton band [[Cheshire Grimm]]) was covered by ''Willard Ribeiro'', a singer from Brazil. As of summer 2016, Chris has retired from touring and now lives in Taupo where he occasionally does concerts, and is writing songs. He released the digital album [[On High Street]] (by 'Chris Thompson the Folksinger from Hell') on Bandcamp in December 2016. | ||
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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 | ||
*[[Evolution]] album (with The Monday Club), 2007 | *[[Evolution]] album (with The Monday Club), 2007 | ||
− | *[[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 | ||
*[[On High Street]] album, 2016 | *[[On High Street]] album, 2016 | ||
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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'' | + | ''Internet'' |
+ | *[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Thompson-Bluesman/1389781937991061?fref=nf Chris Thompson Facebook page] | ||
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+ | ''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's Earth Band'', who also spent time in Hamilton, including attending Hamilton Boys High School. '' | |
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[[category:Bands]] | [[category:Bands]] | ||
[[category:People]] | [[category:People]] |