In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream
Richard Thompson, a British musician who somehow avoided pop stardom throughout his career, has just written about his early days in a new memoir called Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice.
by Peter Breslow
Apr 11, 2021
2 minutes
Richard Thompson has been making music for a very long time. From his days in the late 1960s as a teenage guitar player and songwriter with the seminal British folk rock group Fairport Convention to his roaring partnership with then-wife Linda Thompson, and his many years as a solo artist beyond.
Critics have compared his songwriting to Bobrecounting his early, inspired days as a musician.
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