Lights Not Shot Out, Sources Say

[princeofcairo]

So tonight, on a perfect June evening in the greatest city on God's green Earth, his_regard, gnosticpi, and myself hit the Park West for an evening with Richard Thompson

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[armadillo_king]

A night with Richard Thompson is always a good night. I saw him and Eliza Gilkyson a couple of months ago.

One of the top five shows that I have ever seen was Thompson and Taj Mahal in Portland in 1991.

[richardthinks]

I got chills just reading that. Vincent Black Lightning is my favourite Thompson song by some stretch. Now I want to see him. Damn.

[richardthinks]

If people haven't heard the Del McCoury Band's cover of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (2002 Bluegrass Song of the Year), it's also worth a listen. Proof that Thompson isn't just a killer performer of the song, but that the song itself is lightning in a bottle.

- David A. Spitzley
http://www.davidaspitzley.org

[righteousfist]

I can almost imagine it, man....I know that feeling. Those transcendent moments are why I am such a music junkie.