(TV) Richard Thompson

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

Russ,

I have never seen/read an interview in which 
Verlaine specifically mentions Richard Thompson's 
playing but his reference to Fairport Convention in 
1977-78 more than likely was primarialy his respect 
for Thompson's playing.  (I must say I don't find their 
guitar playing styles or sound at all similar.)  

Robert Christgau[sp.?], the music critic for the Village 
Voice, would occassionally recommend, in a short column 
about weekend things to do in the city, that the paper's 
readers go to see Verlaine whenever Verlaine was playing 
live in NYC in the early and mid-1980s and Christgau 
would then almost always say something like 
"... Tom Verlaine, who except for maybe Richard Thompson, 
is the greatest rock guitar-hero ...".  (Of course, I found 
this hard to read, but I know many on this list think 
Thompson is a better guitarist or at least the equal to 
Verlaine, ansd I respect those opinions).   

	Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Van Rooy 
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:23 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) Casey Wrong on Several Points 
>Hey Leo, thanks for the corrections. If Tom likes/liked the Fairport
>Convention, has he ever mentioned admiration for Richard Thompson's 
>playing?
>-Russ ( a huge Thompson fan ! )
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