The Richard Thompson Band Live At Celtic Connections Blu Ray

…one of the world's greatest guitarists, a must-see performer and one of the finest songwriters this country has ever produced. – The SpectatorFilmed in January 2011 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow as part of the annual Celtic Connections festival, this superb performance by The Richard Thompson Band marks their first ever live concert Blu-ray release. The first half of the show focuses on Thompson’s latest “Dream Attic” album with the second half given over to songs reaching back as far as his first solo album “Henry The Human Fly” and up to recent releases such... as “Sweet Warrior” and “The Old Kit Bag”. Thompson’s distinctive voice and unmistakeable guitar style are well to the fore and his band are as good as it gets. This will be a must have purchase for any Richard Thompson fan.In the guitar god firmament, Thompson easily takes a place beside Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He has certainly been the most consistently imaginative English plank spanker of modern times. - Daily Mirror Track Listing: The Money Shuffle Among The Gorse, Among The Grey Haul Me Up Burning Man Here Comes Geordie Demons In Her Dancing Shoes Big Sun Falling In The River Stumble On Sidney Wells A Brother Slips Away If Love Whispers Your Name The Angels Took My Racehorse Away Can’t Win One Door Opens Al Bowlly’s In Heaven I’ll Never Give It Up Wall Of Death Tear Stained Letter Take Care The Road You Choose A Man In Need Bonus Features: Two tracks filmed at the 2011 Cambridge Folk Festival Uninhabited Man Johnny’s Far Away [show more]

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