Richard Thompson

vocal, guitar, electric guitar, producer, acoustic guitar, guitars, mandolin, performer, darbuka, accordion, arranger, hurdy gurdy, hammered dulcimer, slide guitar

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael Jerome vocal, drums A Brother Slips Away, All Buttoned Up, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Another Small Thing in Her Favour, Bad Again, Beatnik Walking, Big Sun Falling in the River, Broken Doll, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Don't Take it Laying Down, Dungeons for Eyes, Fergus Laing, Fork in the Road, Good Things Happen to Bad People, Guitar Heroes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Josephine, Long John Silver, My Enemy, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, Salford Sunday, Sally B, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Sidney Wells, Stony Ground, Straight and Narrow, Stuck on the Treadmill, Stumble On, The May Queen, The Money Shuffle, The Rival, The Tic-Tac Man, Where's Home?, Where’s Your Heart, Will You Dance, Charlie Boy, Wounding Myself
Taras Prodaniuk vocal, bass, mandocello A Brother Slips Away, All Buttoned Up, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Another Small Thing in Her Favour, Bad Again, Beatnik Walking, Big Sun Falling in the River, Broken Doll, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Don't Take it Laying Down, Dungeons for Eyes, Fergus Laing, Fork in the Road, Good Things Happen to Bad People, Guitar Heroes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Josephine, Long John Silver, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, Salford Sunday, Sally B, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Sidney Wells, Stony Ground, Straight and Narrow, Stuck on the Treadmill, Stumble On, The May Queen, The Money Shuffle, The Rival, The Tic-Tac Man, Where’s Your Heart, Wounding Myself
Tom Dube engineer, producer, recording 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Al Bowlly's In Heaven, Back Street Slide, Bathsheba Smiles, Beeswing, Cooksferry Queen, Crawl Back (Under My Stone), Dimming of the Day, Easy There Steady Now, From Galway To Graceland, Ghosts in the Wind, Hard on Me, Hokey Pokey, I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life, I Feel So Good, I Ride In Your Slipstream, Jennie, Killerman Gold Posse, MGB-GT, Man in Need, Mascara Tears, Mingus Eyes, Now Be Thankful, Razor Dance, Read About Love, She Twists the Knife Again, Shoot Out the Lights, Sibella, Tear Stained Letter, The Way That It Shows, Two Faced Love, Uninhabited Man, Valerie, Walking the Long Miles Home, Wall of Death, Waltzing's for Dreamers, When The Spell Is Broken
Edward Haber producer, recording 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Al Bowlly's In Heaven, Back Street Slide, Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Easy There Steady Now, From Galway To Graceland, Ghosts in the Wind, Hokey Pokey, I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life, I Feel So Good, I Ride In Your Slipstream, Killerman Gold Posse, MGB-GT, Mascara Tears, Mingus Eyes, Now Be Thankful, Read About Love, Shoot Out the Lights, So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo, Tear Stained Letter, The Way That It Shows, Valerie, Wall of Death, Waltzing's for Dreamers
Frank Kornelussen producer 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Al Bowlly's In Heaven, Back Street Slide, Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Easy There Steady Now, From Galway To Graceland, Ghosts in the Wind, Hokey Pokey, I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life, I Feel So Good, I Ride In Your Slipstream, Killerman Gold Posse, MGB-GT, Mascara Tears, Mingus Eyes, Now Be Thankful, Read About Love, Shoot Out the Lights, Tear Stained Letter, The Way That It Shows, Valerie, Wall of Death, Waltzing's for Dreamers

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael Jerome vocal, drums A Brother Slips Away, All Buttoned Up, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Another Small Thing in Her Favour, Bad Again, Beatnik Walking, Big Sun Falling in the River, Broken Doll, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Don't Take it Laying Down, Dungeons for Eyes, Fergus Laing, Fork in the Road, Good Things Happen to Bad People, Guitar Heroes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Josephine, Long John Silver, My Enemy, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, Salford Sunday, Sally B, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Sidney Wells, Stony Ground, Straight and Narrow, Stuck on the Treadmill, Stumble On, The May Queen, The Money Shuffle, The Rival, The Tic-Tac Man, Where's Home?, Where’s Your Heart, Will You Dance, Charlie Boy, Wounding Myself
Taras Prodaniuk vocal, bass, mandocello A Brother Slips Away, All Buttoned Up, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Another Small Thing in Her Favour, Bad Again, Beatnik Walking, Big Sun Falling in the River, Broken Doll, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Don't Take it Laying Down, Dungeons for Eyes, Fergus Laing, Fork in the Road, Good Things Happen to Bad People, Guitar Heroes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Josephine, Long John Silver, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, Salford Sunday, Sally B, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Sidney Wells, Stony Ground, Straight and Narrow, Stuck on the Treadmill, Stumble On, The May Queen, The Money Shuffle, The Rival, The Tic-Tac Man, Where’s Your Heart, Wounding Myself
Tom Dube engineer, producer, recording 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Al Bowlly's In Heaven, Back Street Slide, Bathsheba Smiles, Beeswing, Cooksferry Queen, Crawl Back (Under My Stone), Dimming of the Day, Easy There Steady Now, From Galway To Graceland, Ghosts in the Wind, Hard on Me, Hokey Pokey, I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life, I Feel So Good, I Ride In Your Slipstream, Jennie, Killerman Gold Posse, MGB-GT, Man in Need, Mascara Tears, Mingus Eyes, Now Be Thankful, Razor Dance, Read About Love, She Twists the Knife Again, Shoot Out the Lights, Sibella, Tear Stained Letter, The Way That It Shows, Two Faced Love, Uninhabited Man, Valerie, Walking the Long Miles Home, Wall of Death, Waltzing's for Dreamers, When The Spell Is Broken
Edward Haber producer, recording 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Al Bowlly's In Heaven, Back Street Slide, Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Easy There Steady Now, From Galway To Graceland, Ghosts in the Wind, Hokey Pokey, I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life, I Feel So Good, I Ride In Your Slipstream, Killerman Gold Posse, MGB-GT, Mascara Tears, Mingus Eyes, Now Be Thankful, Read About Love, Shoot Out the Lights, So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo, Tear Stained Letter, The Way That It Shows, Valerie, Wall of Death, Waltzing's for Dreamers
Frank Kornelussen producer 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Al Bowlly's In Heaven, Back Street Slide, Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Easy There Steady Now, From Galway To Graceland, Ghosts in the Wind, Hokey Pokey, I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life, I Feel So Good, I Ride In Your Slipstream, Killerman Gold Posse, MGB-GT, Mascara Tears, Mingus Eyes, Now Be Thankful, Read About Love, Shoot Out the Lights, Tear Stained Letter, The Way That It Shows, Valerie, Wall of Death, Waltzing's for Dreamers
Simon Tassano compiler, editor, mix, producer A Brother Slips Away, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance, Bad Again, Big Sun Falling in the River, Burning Man, Crime Scene, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Sidney Wells, So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo, Stumble On, The Money Shuffle
Pete Zorn vocal, acoustic guitar, baritone saxophone, flute, mandolin, sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone A Brother Slips Away, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance, Bad Again, Big Sun Falling in the River, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Sidney Wells, Stumble On, The Money Shuffle
Buddy Miller (Nashville singer-songwriter, married to Julie Miller) mix, producer, guitar Another Small Thing in Her Favour, Good Things Happen to Bad People, I Found a Stray, My Enemy, Salford Sunday, Sally B, Saving the Good Stuff for You, Stony Ground, Straight and Narrow, Stuck on the Treadmill, The Rival, The Snow Goose, The Tic-Tac Man, Where's Home?, Will You Dance, Charlie Boy
Mike Poole recording Another Small Thing in Her Favour, Good Things Happen to Bad People, I Found a Stray, My Enemy, Salford Sunday, Sally B, Saving the Good Stuff for You, Stony Ground, Straight and Narrow, Stuck on the Treadmill, The Rival, The Snow Goose, The Tic-Tac Man, Where's Home?, Will You Dance, Charlie Boy
Joel Zifkin vocal, electric violin, mandolin A Brother Slips Away, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Bad Again, Big Sun Falling in the River, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Sidney Wells, Stumble On, The Money Shuffle
Tony Brooke (recording engineer) recording A Brother Slips Away, Among the Gorse, Among the Grey, Bad Again, Big Sun Falling in the River, Burning Man, Crimescene, Demons in Her Dancing Shoes, Haul Me Up, Here Comes Geordie, If Love Whispers Your Name, Sidney Wells, Stumble On, The Money Shuffle
Mark Greenberg engineer All Buttoned Up, Beatnik Walking, Broken Doll, Dungeons for Eyes, Guitar Heroes, Josephine, Long John Silver, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Where’s Your Heart
Jeff Tweedy engineer, mix, producer, recording, guitar, marxophone, mellotron All Buttoned Up, Beatnik Walking, Broken Doll, Dungeons for Eyes, Guitar Heroes, Josephine, Long John Silver, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Where’s Your Heart
John Chelew producer A Love You Can't Survive, First Breath, Gethsemane, Happy Days And Auld Lang Syne, I'll Tag Along, I've Got No Right To Have It All, Jealous Words, One Door Opens, Outside Of The Inside, Pearly Jim, She Said It Was Destiny, Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
Tom Schick engineer, mix All Buttoned Up, Beatnik Walking, Broken Doll, Dungeons for Eyes, Guitar Heroes, Josephine, Long John Silver, No Peace, No End, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down, Pony in the Stable, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Where’s Your Heart
Jimmy Hoyson mix, recording A Love You Can't Survive, First Breath, Gethsemane, Happy Days And Auld Lang Syne, I'll Tag Along, I've Got No Right To Have It All, Jealous Words, One Door Opens, Outside Of The Inside, Pearly Jim, She Said It Was Destiny, Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
Mike Glines (engineer) engineer A Love You Can't Survive, First Breath, Gethsemane, Happy Days And Auld Lang Syne, I'll Tag Along, I've Got No Right To Have It All, Jealous Words, One Door Opens, Outside Of The Inside, Pearly Jim, She Said It Was Destiny, Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
Siobhan Maher-Kennedy vocal My Enemy, No Peace, No End, Pony in the Stable, Salford Sunday, Saving the Good Stuff for You, She Never Could Resist a Winding Road, Straight and Narrow, The Rival, Where's Home?, Where’s Your Heart
Stuart Duncan fiddle I Found a Stray, My Enemy, Saving the Good Stuff for You, The Rival, The Snow Goose, Where's Home?, Will You Dance, Charlie Boy
Clay Blair (Engineer) recording Don't Take it Laying Down, Fergus Laing, Fork in the Road, The May Queen, Wounding Myself
Sima Cunningham vocal All Buttoned Up, Beatnik Walking, Guitar Heroes, Long John Silver, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down
Liam Cunningham vocal All Buttoned Up, Guitar Heroes, Long John Silver, Patty Don’t You Put Me Down
Debra Dobkin percussion Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance, Mingulay Boat Song
David Piltch double bass Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance
Matt Neth recording Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance
Peter Askim conductor Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance
Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra performing orchestra Auldie Riggs, Auldie Riggs Dance
Sandy Denny piano Painted Ladies
Ilana Pelzig recording So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo
Martin Brumbach mix Mingulay Boat Song
Michael Thompson (Organ) accordion Mingulay Boat Song
Alison Krauss vocal The Snow Goose
Pete Thomas (drummer) drums Mingulay Boat Song
Ann Savoy producer Les Flammes d'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)
Richard Greene (US fiddler) violin Mingulay Boat Song
Davey Faragher bass Mingulay Boat Song
David Rideau engineer Mingulay Boat Song
Sue Draheim fiddle The Poor Ditching Boy
Doug Pettibone guitar Mingulay Boat Song
Tom Rothrock engineer Les Flammes d'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)
Erich Talaba engineer Mingulay Boat Song
Tony Daigle mix Les Flammes d'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)
Val McCallum guitar Mingulay Boat Song

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Fairport Convention arranger, vocal, electric guitar, guitar, guitars A Sailor's Life, Come All Ye, Crazy Man Michael, Farewell, Farewell, Matty Groves, Medley: The Lark in the Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunters' Jig / Toss the Feathers, Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 1), Reynardine, Sir Patrick Spens (Sandy Denny vocal version), Tam Lin, The Deserter, Walk a While
Vagina Grotesca acoustic guitar, guitar Bright Phoebus, Child Among the Weeds, Danny Rose, Fine Horseman, Magical Man, Never the Same, Rubber Band, Shady Lady, The Scarecrow, To Make You Stay, Winifer Odd
Ελένη Βαριά acoustic guitar, guitar Desert Inn, Hearts, It Came Without Warning, Morgan the Pirate, Never Ending, Reno Nevada, You Couldn't Lose
Cinco Siglos vocal, acoustic guitar, darbuka, electric guitar, hurdy gurdy At the Feet of the Emperor, Careful, One Life at a Time, Root So Bitter, That’s Enough
Loudon Wainwright III guitar, mandolin Aphrodisiac, Fly Paper, Mind Read (It Belonged to You), T.S.D.H.A.V., Thanksgiving
The Golden Palominos electric guitar, guitar (Kind of) True, Boy (Go), Buenos Aires, Silver Bullet
Christine Collister electric guitar How Far to the Horizon?, Midnight Feast, Paper Wings
Martin Simpson electric guitar Brothers Under the Bridge, Little Liza Jane, The Sheffield Apprentice
John Martyn electric guitar, mandolin Glistening Glyndebourne, Over the Hill, Sugar Lump
Nick Drake electric guitar Hazey Jane II, The Thoughts of Mary Jane, Time Has Told Me
BeauSoleil electric guitar Conja (New Orleans 1786), Sur le pont de Lyon
Sandy Denny accordion Blackwaterside
Everything but the Girl electric guitar 25th December
Peter Case performer Every 24 Hours
Richard & Linda Thompson producer, vocal, guitars, hammered dulcimer Night Comes In
Barrett Strong vocal, guitar I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Stephen Fearing electric guitar Down to the Wire
Suzanne Vega guitar As Girls Go
Folk & Rackare electric guitar Inga Litimor
Jennifer Warnes electric guitar Lights of Lousianne
Walas performer Galway to Graceland
Γεράσιμος Γκατζέλιας guitar Cuckoo's Nest
John Cale slide guitar Momamma Scuba
Bonnie Raitt acoustic guitar Dimming of the Day
Crowded House electric guitar Sister Madly
Dave Alvin guitar Andersonville
Mike Heron guitar Flowers of the Forest
Nellie Verschuur guitar Murder of Maria Marten