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''Christopher Malcolm Thompson'' is a very experienced and professional singer/songwriter who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such luminaries as ''John Paul Jones'' (Led Zeppelin) and ''Dave McArtney'' (Hello Sailor). He also played guitar in the band of  well known Californian folk singer ''Julie Felix'', and toured with ''Stevie Ray Vaughan''. While in England in the early 1970s Chris jammed with British Folk-Blues legends ''Wizz Jones'' and ''Davey Graham''. 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. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards and had his songs recorded by N.Z. artists ''Mike Harding'', ''Jimmy Young'', ''James Wilkinson'' and ''Chris Priestley'', and internationally by ''Meg Baird'' of the Philadelphia neo-folk group ''The Espers''. Most recently, Chris' song "Where is my Wild Rose?" has been recorded by ''Robin Pecknold'' of ''The Fleet Foxes''.
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''Christopher Malcolm Thompson'' is a very experienced and professional singer/songwriter who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such luminaries as ''John Paul Jones'' (Led Zeppelin) and ''Dave McArtney'' (Hello Sailor). He also played guitar in the band of  well known Californian folk singer ''Julie Felix'', and toured with ''Stevie Ray Vaughan''. While in England in the early 1970s Chris jammed with British Folk-Blues legends ''Wizz Jones'' and ''Davey Graham''. 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. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards and had his songs recorded by N.Z. artists ''Mike Harding'',"The Big Muffin Serious Band" ''Jimmy Young'', ''James Wilkinson'' and ''Chris Priestley'', and internationally by ''Meg Baird'' of the Philadelphia neo-folk group ''The Espers''. Most recently, Chris' song "Where is my Wild Rose?" has been recorded by ''Robin Pecknold'' of ''The Fleet Foxes''.
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Chris is an old boy of Southwell School and has spent most of his life in and around Hamilton, where he recorded [[Hometown Voodoo]] in 1981; this album contains the song "[[Hamilton (song)|Hamilton]]", about the city. This song has become widely known due to a version played by [[Big Muffin Serious Band]]. He moved to Auckland in 1985, and married a Canadian-born musician and songwriter ''Lynne'', with whom he has released two albums.  They relocated to Raglan in 1988. Chris left Raglan in 2003 and was on the road for a few years until he settled in Hamilton near his daughter Lora. Lora has played bass in the heavy metal band "Wretch" and the ''Pantera'' tribute band "101 Proof". Most recently, Lora has been playing guitar and singing in the alt.rock/grunge group [[Cheshire Grimm]].
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In 2000 Chris released the track ''Vox Populi'' on the Hamilton compilation [[Acoustic Magic]]. Other projects have included  recording some tracks with [[Tim Armstrong]] in 2007, taking part in "The Monday Club" project,  and completing his Arts degree at [[Waikato University]] in 2009. In 2010 a double CD, titled [[Chris Thompson (Anthology)|Chris Thompson]], was released by Sunbeam Records (U.K.), an anthology of Chris' work featuring twenty-six selections from Chris' 40 years of recording. Chris and well-known local musician [[Stan Jagger]] worked together, playing mainly Chris' songs and instrumentals. They gave their debut performance in a concert at [[Biddy Mulligan's]] Irish Bar in September 2011. They also have released a CD, recorded live in the studio by Chris' daughter Lora and have played clubs and festivals in Hamilton and Raglan. In May 2012, Chris was interviewed for The New Zealand Musician Magazine [http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/2814/Not-the-other-Chris-Thompson]. After completing his studies at Waikato University, Chris taught guitar at Matangi School and played with [[The Dirt Band]]. At the beginning of 2013, Chris  moved back to Raglan after an absence of ten years, and is playing with Redgie Valente and Rene Andre ('The Wild Accusations') at Valente's Restaurant. In December 2013 he released a digital album called [[Where is my Wild Rose?]], which is a new collection recorded in Raglan at 'The Blabbering Tree Collective Studio'. As of 2014, Chris has a regular solo gig at The Bow St Depot in Raglan.
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==Releases==
 
==Releases==

Revision as of 20:18, 24 September 2014

1973 cover of the self titled "Chris Thompson" album

Christopher Malcolm Thompson is a very experienced and professional singer/songwriter who's musical heroes are musicians like Bert Jansch and Townes van Zandt. Chris has made many records and has recorded with such luminaries as John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Dave McArtney (Hello Sailor). He also played guitar in the band of well known Californian folk singer Julie Felix, and toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan. While in England in the early 1970s Chris jammed with British Folk-Blues legends Wizz Jones and Davey Graham. 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. Chris has had three albums reach the finals of the N.Z. Music Industry awards and had his songs recorded by N.Z. artists Mike Harding,"The Big Muffin Serious Band" Jimmy Young, James Wilkinson and Chris Priestley, and internationally by Meg Baird of the Philadelphia neo-folk group The Espers. Most recently, Chris' song "Where is my Wild Rose?" has been recorded by Robin Pecknold of The Fleet Foxes.

Releases

Chris Thompson (Anthology) cover art

as Chris and Lynne Thompson:


Compilations:

External Links

White Sapphire cover

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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