It was, I think, the influence of The Band that had some of my peers heading in search of music that could have been written and/or performed at any point in the past century or two rather than tunes that were obviously contemporary, a quest that pointed some of us towards Fairport Convention and, by extension, to the inimitable Richard Thompson. It was a quest that led, to use a widely quoted example, a group of Latino kids in Los Angeles to realise they could use traditional material from their own Hispanic heritage in the same way Fairport had electrified English folk tunes.
Discography: Studio albums 1972-85 1986-2010 2013-Present
Live albums; 'Cottage industry' releases Compilations
In the Music Library: Acoustic Classics Acoustic Classics II Acoustic Rareties Across A Crowded Room
Action Packed: The Best Of The Capitol Years Amnesia Bloody Noses EP Cabaret of Souls Celtschmerz
The Chrono Show The Cold Blue (Soundtrack) Dream Attic Ducknapped! Electric Faithless
Front Parlour Ballads Grizzly Man (Guitar, Vocal) Hand of Kindness Henry the Human Fly
Live At Crawley 1993 Live At The BBC Live From Austin TX Live Warrior Mirror Blue Mock Tudor More Guitar
The Old Kit Bag Semi-Detchaed Mock Tudor Still Strict Tempo! Sweet Warrior Two Letter Words
Watching The Dark You? Me? Us? 1000 Years Of Popular Music
The All New Electric Muse: Nobody's Wedding
The Beautiful Old: The Band Played On (with Christine Collister and Garth Hudson)
Evangeline Made
If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison
Archived Audio: Richard Thompson - FUV Live at Clearwater - 2014