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Dana Thompson

About Me

I am a musician from Minneapolis, MN. I have been playing music here roughly since 1990. I sang jazz in a band called The Strawdogs for much of the 1990's. That band shortly became the Hothead Fiasco, but that's another story. These two bands released about 4 albums. During this time I also started playing and writing with the incredible multi-instrumentalist Eric Christopher who is now of the bluegrass fame The High 48's. We had a band called Marina Glass, and then became the Minor Planets. We released an album in the year 2000. In 2004 I released my first solo record, Ox. Currently I am working on the next Minor Planets record.

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Member Since: 12/31/2006
Band Website: www.dana-thompson.com
Band Members: Dana Thompson- Vocals, Guitar ~~ Jimmy Johnson- Pedal Steel ~~ Mick Wirtz- Drums and Vocals ~~ Eric Christopher - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, etc... ~~ Ram Zimmerman - Drums, Comic Relief
Influences: Champagne, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Cat Power, Will Oldham, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Ron Sexsmith, The Carter Family, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, The Magnetic Fields, Bob Dylan
Sounds Like: birch leaves
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

death and rebirth

Well, today was a very interesting day. My dad had been sick for a long time, in fact, about 25 years. But yesterday I was informed that he was getting very close to dying, and unable to breath on his...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:23:00 GMT

no time

Man, I have been feeling the need to produce work lately. Building a studio during the last year has been amazing, but now I am ready to make stuff happen. Thing is... where do i start. Dizzy from too...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:47:00 GMT