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Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore
29 Old Dewline Rd
North Truro, MA 02652

Truro Box Office

Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore
29 Old Dewline Rd
North Truro, MA 02652
508-487-5400
Open: 2 hrs before show

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1202
Truro, MA, 02666

Richard Thompson (Solo Acoustic) 2018

Richard Thompson (Solo Acoustic) 2018
TWO SHOWS!!

“The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix."
-Los Angeles Times

“Thompson avoids all the stock ritualized elements of rock guitar. When he takes a solo, it's a swerving, cathartic, edge-of-the-seat experience. When he doesn't take a solo, the bliss comes in highly concentrated doses. Let other guitarists babble on. Thompson is one of the few who can make a four-measure phrase feel positively epic.“ -NPR

Payomet is thrilled to present legend Richard Thompson at the Payomet Tent! Thompson’s genre defying mastery of both acoustic and electric guitar, along with engaging energy and onstage wit, continue to earn him new fans and a place as one of the most distinctive virtuosos and writers in Folk Rock history.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated Richard Thompson’s musical influence cannot be overstated. Having co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the 60s, he and his bandmates invented the distinctive strain of British Folk Rock. He left the group by the age of 21 which was followed by a decade long musical partnership with his then-wife Linda, to over 30 years as a highly successful solo artist. The Los Angeles Times called him the finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix and Rolling Stone has named him one of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time. He has received lifetime achievement awards for songwriting from Britain’s BBC Awards, the Americana Music Association, and was awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award. His song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Greatest Songs Since 1923.” A wide range of musicians have recorded Thompson’s songs including Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, Del McCoury, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Jones, David Byrne, Don Henley, Los Lobos, and many more. With his new nineteenth solo album, 13 Rivers, Richard Thompson continues to create new music and give himself up to the music itself.

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