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''Christopher Malcolm Thompson'' is a very experienced and professional Folk/Blues/Country singer/songwriter from Raglan, who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such well known N.Z. musicians as  Brendan Power, ''Dave McArtney'', Frank Gibson, Chris Priestley, and Tom Ludvigson, and locally with Hamilton/Raglan musicians like Emit Snake-Beings,Dave Maybee,The Dirt Band, Stan Jagger, and The Great Brain Robbers. Chris Thompson started out in the local Folk Clubs after having had guitar lessons from David Calder of The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band.In the late sixties/early seventies, he moved to England  where played guitar in the band of  well known Californian folk singer ''Julie Felix''. . While in England in the early 1970s Chris played  with British Folk-Blues legends ''Wizz Jones'' and ''Davey Graham''. In New Zealand in 1974 Chris toured with ''Sonny Terry'' and ''Brownie McGhee''; he has maintained a lifelong friendship with ''Brownie'', for whom he wrote a song ("Letter to Brownie"), which was videoed by TVNZ.In 1984, Chris toured N.Z.with ''Stevie Ray Vaughan'',opening the show in a major nationwide concert tour. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards. Chris has had his songs recorded by New Zealand artists ''Mike Harding'',[[The Big Muffin Serious Band]], ''Jimmy Young'' and ''James Wilkinson'', ''Chris Priestley'', and in America, by ''Meg Baird'' of the Philadelphia neo-folk group ''The Espers''. In England ''The Straw Bear Band'' and ''Ben Thistle'' have recorded Chris' songs.  Recently (and again, in America ) Chris' most well-known song ''Where is my Wild Rose?'' has been recorded by ''Robin Pecknold'' of ''The Fleet Foxes'' Within the last few weeks, ''Little Ballerina'' a song Chris wrote for his daughter Lora(who plays in the Hamilton band Cheshire Grimm) has been covered by ''Willard Ribeiro'' a singer from Brazil.
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''Christopher Malcolm Thompson'' is a very experienced and professional Folk/Blues/Country singer/songwriter from Raglan, who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such well known N.Z. musicians as  Brendan Power, ''Dave McArtney'', Frank Gibson, Chris Priestley, and Tom Ludvigson, and locally with Hamilton/Raglan musicians like Emit Snake-Beings,The Wild Allegations,Dave Maybee,The Dirt Band, Stan Jagger, and The Great Brain Robbers. Chris Thompson started out in the local Folk Clubs after having had guitar lessons from David Calder of The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band.In the late sixties/early seventies, he moved to England  where played guitar in the band of  well known Californian folk singer ''Julie Felix''. . While in England in the early 1970s Chris played  with British Folk-Blues legends ''Wizz Jones'' and ''Davey Graham''. In New Zealand in 1974 Chris toured with ''Sonny Terry'' and ''Brownie McGhee''; he has maintained a lifelong friendship with ''Brownie'', for whom he wrote a song ("Letter to Brownie"), which was videoed by TVNZ.In 1984, Chris toured N.Z.with ''Stevie Ray Vaughan'',opening the show in a major nationwide concert tour. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards. Chris has had his songs recorded by New Zealand artists ''Mike Harding'',[[The Big Muffin Serious Band]], ''Jimmy Young'' and ''James Wilkinson'', ''Chris Priestley'', and in America, by ''Meg Baird'' of the Philadelphia neo-folk group ''The Espers''. In England ''The Straw Bear Band'' and ''Ben Thistle'' have recorded Chris' songs.  Recently (and again, in America ) Chris' most well-known song ''Where is my Wild Rose?'' has been recorded by ''Robin Pecknold'' of ''The Fleet Foxes'' Within the last few weeks, ''Little Ballerina'' a song Chris wrote for his daughter Lora(who plays in the Hamilton band Cheshire Grimm) has been covered by ''Willard Ribeiro'' a singer from Brazil.
 
   
 
   
 
==Releases==
 
==Releases==

Revision as of 21:40, 17 July 2015

1973 cover of the self titled "Chris Thompson" album

Christopher Malcolm Thompson is a very experienced and professional Folk/Blues/Country singer/songwriter from Raglan, who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such well known N.Z. musicians as Brendan Power, Dave McArtney, Frank Gibson, Chris Priestley, and Tom Ludvigson, and locally with Hamilton/Raglan musicians like Emit Snake-Beings,The Wild Allegations,Dave Maybee,The Dirt Band, Stan Jagger, and The Great Brain Robbers. Chris Thompson started out in the local Folk Clubs after having had guitar lessons from David Calder of The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band.In the late sixties/early seventies, he moved to England where played guitar in the band of well known Californian folk singer Julie Felix. . While in England in the early 1970s Chris played with British Folk-Blues legends Wizz Jones and Davey Graham. In New Zealand in 1974 Chris toured with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee; he has maintained a lifelong friendship with Brownie, for whom he wrote a song ("Letter to Brownie"), which was videoed by TVNZ.In 1984, Chris toured N.Z.with Stevie Ray Vaughan,opening the show in a major nationwide concert tour. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards. Chris has had his songs recorded by New Zealand artists Mike Harding,The Big Muffin Serious Band, Jimmy Young and James Wilkinson, Chris Priestley, and in America, by Meg Baird of the Philadelphia neo-folk group The Espers. In England The Straw Bear Band and Ben Thistle have recorded Chris' songs. Recently (and again, in America ) Chris' most well-known song Where is my Wild Rose? has been recorded by Robin Pecknold of The Fleet Foxes Within the last few weeks, Little Ballerina a song Chris wrote for his daughter Lora(who plays in the Hamilton band Cheshire Grimm) has been covered by Willard Ribeiro a singer from Brazil.

Releases

Chris Thompson (Anthology) cover art

as Chris and Lynne Thompson:


Compilations:

External Links

White Sapphire cover

Internet

Videos on Youtube:


This Chris Thompson should not be confused with Chris Thompson, the vocalist from Manfred Mann, who also spent time in Hamilton, including attending Hamilton Boys High School.

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