RON THOMPSON
Just a few quotes:
"Ron Thompson, he's my main man!" John Lee Hooker, after Ron toured
with the band for seven years.
"Lord above, this guy is really happening!" Mick Fleetwood, after first
hearing Ron play. Now, Mick regularly sits in with the Resistors.
"Ron Thompson is one of the five top blues greats in the world today"
Andy Grigg, "Real Blues" music critic.
"Magic Touch, [the new CD] offers a modern blues sound that pays tribute
to the guitar legends who have influenced Thompson's unique talent" Howrd
A. DeWitt.
"Ron always puts on a high energy live show. You owe it to yourself
to see him perform live. His versions of 'Baby, Please Don't Go' and 'Silvertone
Boogie' are both prime examples of this fantastic energy." Maria Bainer,
Southland Blues Magazine.
"Ron Thompson is one of those extra special talents that are all too
rare. Genius level talents combined with total commitment and an electrical
internal fire that spells intensity of the highest degree...it's his slide
guitar work that'll scare the Dickens out of you. This is evil stuff!"Funky
neighborhood" will peel paint off walls and have 15-year-old guitar stars
running scared..." Andy Grigg, reviewing 1997's CD, MAGIC TOUCH
"Good Blues To Ya, and once again thank-you for your support" R. T.
1971 WELCOME TO THE BLUES, VOL. 1
1972 BLUES CONNOISSEUR RECORDS/ " My Heart Is Cryin"/Schoolboy Cleve
1973 DUST MY BROOM/Harmonica Slim [Richard Riggins]
1974 ARHOOLIE RECORDS/ K. C. Douglas
1974 SAN JOSE EXPRESS/Little Willie Littlefield
1976 BLUEBAY RECORDS/ The Bluebay Compilation Album/Ron Thompson
1977 LIVE WITH ROY BROWN/LOWELL FULSOM
1978 SOLID SMOKE/ Big Mama Thornton [live]
1978 FREIGHT TRAIN/I'M SHAKIN'/ Ron Thompson
1978 THE CREAM/ John Lee Hooker
1978 SAN FRANCISCO BLUES LIVE/ Guitar for Big Mama Thornton, Little Joe Blue, Charles Huff and Jimmy Rogers/Solid Smoke Records
1979 DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM/ THE CREAM/ John Lee Hooker/Tomato Records
1980 INTERMEDIA RECORDS/ Roy Brown
1980 PERCY MAYFIELD LIVE/ Intermedia Records
1980 SONNY RHODES LIVE IN EUROPE, European Release
1983 ZOO ALBUM/ I'M NOT ME/ Mick Fleetwood/RCA records
1983 TREAT HER LIKE GOLD/ Ron Thompson/ Winner Records
1986 SAN FRANCISCO BLUES FESTIVAL LIVE/ European Release
1986 RESISTER TWISTER/ Ron Thompson/ Blind Pig Records [Grammy nominee]
1988 A THING CALLED LOVE/ Wilson Pickett/ Co-writers Jerry Williams, Ron Thompson
1990 JUST LIKE A DEVIL/ Ron Thompson/ Winner Records/ BEST BLUES ALBUM 1990, Bay Area Blues Magazine [BAMM]
1990 BLUEGRASS SUSPECTS/ Bluegrass Suspects
1991 MY STORY/ Jimmy McCracklin/ Rounder Records
1992 PERCY MAYFIELD LIVE/ Percy Mayfield
1992 TRUE TONE PLATINUM/ Chris Isaak
1992 PACKIN' UP Ron Thompson/ Sky Ranch Records [Paris, compilation album]
1993 I GOT HARP, IF YOU WANT IT/ Ron Thompson
1993 HARMONICA PARTY/ Mark Hummel
1993 SAN FRANCISCO DAYS, SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS/ Chris Isaak
1995 MICK FLEETWOODS' BLUE WHALE FEATURING RON THOMPSON/ Blue Whale Records
1996 BACK BOTTOM RECORDS/ Harmonica Slim/ Muse Records
1996 BURNED OUT/ Carlos Lance
1996 FLEETWOOD MAC/ TIME
1997 YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE/ Homesick James/ Muse Records
1997 LAST OF THE BROOMDUSTERS/ Homesick James/ Muse Records
1997 TAKOMA ECLECTIC SAMPLER Vol. 1 & 2/ Takoma Eclectic Sampler/ "I'M SHAKIN' "/ 'BLACK CAT BONE' / Takoma Records
1997 MAGIC TOUCH/ Ron Thompson/ Poore Boy Records
1999 TAKOMA SLIDE/ "T. L. WALKIN'"/ Takoma Records
NEW CD AVAILABLE: MAGIC TOUCH