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Keith Thompson Band

Keith Thompson Band

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Keith Thompson is a professional musician with many years of performing experience. He has worked in several bands and as a solo artist. He has travelled extensively in the UK as well as in European countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Poland and Norway. Recently Keith also did a promotional tour in the USA. When not touring or playing live, Keith has been in demand as a session musician in the studio. His guitar work has cropped up on several albums and as incidental music on television. A sample of Keiths guitar work can also be heard as the soundtrack for the best-selling computer game, Grand-Prix 2. Keith also writes songs and music for other artists and musical projects. He has added his skills on stage or in recordings to projects by Spooky Tooth, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Wurzel from Motorhead, Dave Markee and Henry Spinetti (Eric Clapton Band and Tina Turner) Greg Ridley of Humble Pie, Luther Grosvenor of Mott The Hoople and many others.Line- Up!These days Keith works with a pool of highly talented musicians depending on availabilty but the regular band is as follows:On bass guitar: Neil Simpson. Neil is a regular member of legendary Climax Blues Band, has also performed with John Mayall, Peter Green, Ruby Turner and Roy Wood.He is joined by Roy Adams on the drums, also from Climax Blues Band. He was originally with Steve Gibbons Band and has played with Ruby Turner, Roy Wood and many others.A bit of extra spice is added to the line-up in the form of Patsy Gamble on saxophone. Patsy is part of one of the UKs finest brass sections, The Little Big Horns. She recently performed with Mick Jagger on his latest solo album, Goddess In The Doorway. She has also performed with Steve Winwood, Eddie Martin and Ruby Turner.www.densitymusic.comYou can select all tracks on the widgets below, listen and download!


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Member Since: 3/23/2006
Band Website: densitymusic.com
Band Members: Keith Thompson - Guitars, Vocals.

Patsy Gamble - Saxaphone, Backing Vocals.

Neil Simpson - Bass Guitar.

Roy Adams - Drums.

John Broomhall - Keyboards.

Keith - Poland Nov 2007

Gdansk Poland 2007

Influences: Keith's many influences include, for electric guitar playing: Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff & Free, Dave Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Robben Ford, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck. For acoustic guitar playing: John Martyn, Doyle Dykes, Stephan Grossman, Rory Gallagher. As a songwriter, The Beatles, The Stones, Free, John Martyn, Rory Gallagher. Keith Thompson Band is serious Blues/Rock with a modern twist! They have 3 albums of Keith's self-penned songs on release in Europe. The band have been in existence now for 12 years and have completed over 30 European tours. There are more tours planned for 2008 plus a new album has been released called, "Independence".
Sounds Like: Sounds like himself but if you must compare then, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Steve Ray Vaughan.Keith’s musical journey began long ago. He first started playing guitar aged 5! By the time he was 8 he won first prize at a Butlin’s holiday camp talent show playing Beatle tunes. The British blues boom of the 60's produced great guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green. It was this music alongside popular songwriters like The Beatles, The Stones, and John Martyn and later the British Blues/Rock pioneers Free, Led Zeppelin etc. that Keith grew up listening to. He was 14 when he first started working the pubs and clubs playing mostly covers of these great artists. Soaking in the experience and further influences like, Rory Gallagher & Gary Moore, Keith started to develop his own material. His band, “Poacher Brown” while still teenagers in pre punk 70’s toured Germany, playing 6 nights a week, playing 5, 45 minute sets a night! That was Keith’s first full-time professional stint and it changed his life. This was the same Hamburg culture on which the Beatles cut their musical teeth. He came back in 1978 and joined forces with another local guitarist Mick (Wurzel) Burston (later of Motorhead). This band, “Bunter” started receiving glowing reviews in the national music press. Keith carried on writing and recording. Working as a session guitarist he has added his skills to various projects including, work on the soundtrack for the best selling computer games. He has released a lot of incidental music for television programs and soundtrack projects and he has sold over 100,000 albums. As a songwriter he has also gained recognition. A few years ago he was voted “Songwriter Of The Year” in Six Counties. He has added his skills on stage or in recordings to projects by Spooky Tooth, Mike D’Abo, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Larry Burton (Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker) Dave Markee and Henry Spinetti (Eric Clapton Band and Tina Turner) Greg Ridley of Humble Pie, Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant) Luther Grosvenor of Mott The Hoople and many others.The band has been consistently performing in mainland Europe where they are well known to the large blues following as an exciting live band. They have headlined several European Festivals and last year they headlined the British stage of Colne’s “Great British R&B Festival”.Between the members of the band they have played with the likes of Mick Jagger, Roy Wood, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Peter Green and others. Check out the web-site for details.
Record Label: Brambus/Density Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Reviews

Hi Everybody. Thought I would post up a few recent reviews on the new album, "Independence". Pleased to say they are all positive! KT. Independence  Keith Thompson and Strange BrewReviewed in Rock N...
Posted by Keith Thompson Band on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:18:00 PST

Rambling

Hi. Thought I would start a blog going and see where it ends up! It's been a quiet month for me musically. I don't get many gigs in the UK. I do a whole lot better in mainland Europe, Germany, Switzer...
Posted by Keith Thompson Band on Tue, 29 May 2007 06:36:00 PST