Richard Thompson 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Richard Thompson performing 1952 Vincent Black Lightning at Cambridge Folk Festival England in 2006. The word awesome is a worn cliché these days, but the tour de force we see in this video is a perfect description of Richard's performance.

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• Richard Thompson
• British Folk
• Fairport Convention
• Cambridge Folk Festival
• Guitar Virtuosos

[GravityLlama]

I'm 16 and this is the first time I've ever heard Richard Thompson. Halfway trough the video I looked over my computer to a mirror, and started laughing as I was wearing an extremely goofy expression of pure awe on my face. ;D

[macmaghnusa]

@GravityLlama

I had the same expression on mine when I first saw it... . :-)

[UKCheeseFarmer]

I am a man of 36 and this song brings me to tears with the memory of my father, an avid classic British motorcycle collector. He left myself and my family a huge collection of motorcycles as a legacy.

Beautiful song and fantastic memories my beloved dad.

Thank you for uploading it.

[macmaghnusa]

Kind of makes it all worthwhile Mr.CheeseFarmer. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[Lewelltam]

@GravityLlama

@Lewelltam

I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight - to hear the first and perhaps best of his proper album collaborations with his then wife, Linda.

And, finally, Mirror Blue - the great mid 90s album from which this track is taken. Perhaps his greatest album yet.

But really, give it all a go if you've the time. If you're into guitar music and want any further recommendations of albums etc (hey, I know that this one was kinda forced upon you, but, well, I couldn't resist)...

[Lewelltam]

@GravityLlama He's as good a guitarist as there's been. And one of the dozen best British songwriters of the last century.

If you haven't already, I thoroughly recommend going back through his catalogue.

Specifically -

Liege and Lief - to be in awe his stupendously tight licks which made that album.

House Full - to hear him cut loose for once.

Morris On - to hear him help make Morris Music, yes, morris dancing music cool and relevant.

[dagwood00049]

first version of this song that i heard was done by Reckless Kelly but it took a full band to sound this good. amazing .

[daf827]

When RT plays at Tarrytown Music Hall one of the local residents brings his genuine '52 Vincent Black Lightning.

[ChemicalMikeUK]

first time i heard this i listened to it of a spare casette tape that was going to get chucked away. but i held on to it, and then one day i had a listen to what was on before i recorded over a very good concert with this song on it. years later the tape has been lost but the music still remains with me. oh yeah i still have most of the songs on hard drive too!

[ecc84]

bloody hell he makes it look so easy but it fucking ain't. :-)

[dz63ss409]

Ride On!!

[stoneydog1000]

jimmy p. made watch this and i'm glad he did !

[osmf2001]

wow, to the youth, lol, you'll have lots of moments of awe coming up; your just starting out.

[claytonave]

My great friend Ben and I co-owned a '49 Vincent HRD in 1971, not a Black Lightning but machine like no other. I sold out to Ben when I left Oxfordshire. We rode that bike all over the area. Brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye now