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Andrew Thompson

About Me

I have been playing bass for long enough to know better, & have played pretty well every kind of music. My usual weapon of choice is my heavily-customised Aria fretless, called Ariadne. The new love in my life is Bessie, my double bass. She has had a long & interesting life, & carries the scars to prove it!

Recently, I have been playing with: The Cinnamon Boys (Acoustic covers) Clown Parlour (Indefinable brilliance!) Ted Magee (Killyleagh's answer to Neil Young!) The Grazin' Hussies (Bluegrass) Cara Robinson & Jackie Rainey (Wow!) The Youngsters (Rock) Eve Williams (Jazz/Blues) Natty Wailer (Reggae)

There's certainly no shortage of variety in my musical diet!

TOP 40:

I have changed my Top 40, so that it shows what I have been listening to recently, rather than my all-time favourites. So please don't be offended, if you slide down the list. It just means you need to get some new music out, to catch my attention!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/04/2006
Band Members: Andrew Thompson
(I'm not a band, I'm just me!)
Influences: Bassists: Jaco Pastorius Danny Thompson Alan Thomson Michael Manring John Entwhistle Martin Turner Jack Bruce Boz Burrell Charles Mingus
Other Musicians: John Martyn Michael Hedges Nick Drake Joni Mitchell James Taylor Jackson Browne Neil Finn Elvis Costello Robert Wyatt Frank Zappa David Sinton Thelonious Monk Peter Gabriel Sting Robin Hall & Jimmy McGregor
Fine Human Beings: Rosemary Thompson John Cochrane Graham Kerry Trevor Drain Leslie Hawe Rona Hendry Jesus Davidson
Local acts worthy of support: The Cinnamon Boys Clown Parlour Silhouette The Youngsters Cara Robinson Jackie Rainey Laura Stevenson mojoFURY The Henry Girls Mike Mormecha Lee Hedley Band Brian Houston Eve Williams Paula McAleese Rod Cordner Steven McKnight Two Door Cinema Club Cashier No. 9
Sounds Like: The noises your tummy makes, when you forget to have lunch.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this video: clown parlour "rabbit (a guilty sweat)"

Check out this video: clown parlour "rabbit (a guilty sweat)"
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Music uploaded.........at last!

I finally got round to putting up a piece of music! It's a VERY rough mix of Jesus Is My Portion, one of Sheila Smyth's songs for Fresh Oil. She wrote it especially for Alicia Patton to sing.Sheila ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:59:00 GMT

I'm away!

I'll be away from home, & probably from MySpace, until 12 Aug. I'm not sure which I will miss most!Tomorrow evening I fly out to Greece with Fresh Oil. My second son, Ben, is coming with us, to play...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:58:00 GMT

Summer Madness

I was excited when the very talented Eve Williams asked me to play with her on 23 June, at The Rosetta Bar CANCELLED. Today's news was much more exciting - we are going to play Summer Madness! Don'...
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 00:26:00 GMT

Ian's new song

At last, my good friend, Ian McNeill has uploaded his new song You Are Love. It was worth waiting for, as it's a real stunner. Hope he lets me play it with him sometime.Go to http://www.myspace.com...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:24:00 GMT