Danny Thompson

double bass, bass, arranger, acoustic bass guitar

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Pentangle
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
ABC (English 80s pop group)
Néfaste
John Martyn (British singer-songwriter and guitarist)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Pentangle arranger, double bass A Maid That's Deep in Love, Bells, Bruton Town, Bruton Town (edit 1/5/3), Cruel Sister, Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat, Haitian Fight Song, Hear My Call, Hear My Call (alternate version), Hole in the Coal, Hole in the Coal (alternate version), House Carpenter, Hunting Song, I Loved a Lass, I've Got a Feeling, In Time, In Time (alternate version), In Your Mind, Jack Orion, Koan (alternate version), Let No Man Steal Your Thyme, Light Flight, Lord Franklin, Lyke-Wake Dirge, Market Song, Mirage, Once I Had a Sweetheart, Pentangling, Sally Go Round the Roses, Sovay, Springtime Promises, Sweet Child, The Casbah (alternate version), The Cuckoo, The Time Has Come, The Trees They Do Grow High, The Trees They Do Grow High (alternate version), Train Song, Travelling Song, Waltz, Watch the Stars, Way Behind the Sun, Way Behind the Sun (alternate version), Way Behind the Sun (instrumental), When I Was in My Prime
Donovan bass, double bass Beat Cafe, Catch the Wind, Celia of the Seals, Do Not Go Gentle, Epistle to Dippy, Give It All Up, Jennifer Juniper, Lalena, Lord of the Universe, Love Floats, Lover O Lover, Museum, Please Don’t Bend, Poor Cow, Poorman's Sunshine, Sunny South Kensington, The Clear-Browed One, The Cuckoo, The Evernow, The Question, The Universal Soldier, There Is a Mountain, Two Lovers, Universe Am I, Whirlwind, Yin My Yang
ABC double bass Ark-Angel, Avenue A, Avenue Z, Bad Blood, Chicago (Abridged), Jealous Lover, King Without a Crown, Minneapolis, One Day, Rage and Then Regret, The Night You Murdered Love, The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story), Think Again, When Smokey Sings, When Smokey Sings (The Miami mix)
Néfaste bass Always Be the One, Lighthouse, Lighthouse (demo), Lovin’ Me Ain’t Easy, Million Miles, Mystified, One Love, One Love (demo), Who Do You Love?, You and Me, You and Me (demo)
John Martyn double bass Don't Want to Know, Dreams by the Sea, Go Down Easy, I'd Rather Be the Devil, I'd Rather Be the Devil (live), May You Never, Over the Hill, Solid Air, The Easy Blues (Jelly Roll Blues/Gentle Blues), The Man in the Station
Tom Peters double bass A Mi Tia Marina, A Toumani, Africa, Caramelo, Jarabi, Mani Mani Kuru, Ne Ne Koitaa, Vente pa Madrid
Rod Stewart double bass (I Know) I’m Losing You, Every Picture Tells a Story, Maggie May, Mandolin Wind, Reason to Believe, Seems Like a Long Time, That’s All Right, Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time
Billy Bragg double bass Dolphins, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, Rotting on Remand, The Price I Pay, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Wish You Were Her
Loreena McKennitt double bass Dante’s Prayer, Marco Polo, Night Ride Across the Caucasus, Skellig, The Highwayman, The Mummers’ Dance
Nick Drake bass Man in a Shed, Saturday Sun, Three Hours, Time Has Told Me, ’Cello Song
David Sylvian double bass Mother and Child, Orpheus, The Boy With the Gun, The Ink in the Well
Indigo Girls double bass Mystery, Power of Two, Reunion, The Wood Song
Ralph McTell double bass Grande Affaire, Interest on the Loan, Jenny Taylor / Je N'etais La
Kate Bush bass, double bass Pull Out the Pin, Rubberband Girl, Watching You Without Me
Tim Buckley bass I've Been Out Walking (live), Phantasmagoria in Two (live), Troubadour (live)
Toumani Diabaté double bass Cheick Oumar Bah, Marielle, Tony Vander
Harvey Andrews double bass Born on the Breeze, Hey! Sandy, When I Am Old One Day
Michel Magne et sa musique tachiste double bass Djamana Djana, Mali Sajio, Niani
Peter Blegvad double bass King Strut, Swim
Joint Movement Project double bass Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Ukelele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice
Stephan Eicher double bass Guggisberglied, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Robin Miles double bass Brightest Blue
Benjamin Malgo double bass 40 Shades of Green
June Tabor bass Beat the Retreat
Loudon Wainwright III double bass Nice Guys
The Beautiful South double bass Livin’ Thing
The Cactus Blossoms double bass This Beggar’s Heart
Everything but the Girl bass Rollercoaster
The The double bass August & September
Chris Spedding double bass How to Get Rid of the Blues
Burich - l´Etienne New Orleans Ensemble double bass Come Up Horsey
Talk Talk acoustic bass guitar Happiness Is Easy