TheRev Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 It's my 40th today, and I got a card from Danny Thompson (and Victoria)! My wife sent him an email asking if he'd sign a card and he did, with a really nice message and a little cartoon. What a lovely bloke (and a great wife)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Congratulations dear boy! Wonder if Danny can remember 40?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 What a thoughtful wife you've got . I've been watching DT on the rebroadcasts of Aly Baine's Transatlantic sessions lately. Lovely stuff. he's one of the very few bass players who can play trad Irish without making it clumpy. Seems to me he mimics uileann pipe drones. Works beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 [quote name='fatback' timestamp='1333467313' post='1602128'] Seems to me he mimics uileann pipe drones. Works beautifully. [/quote] Is that a polite way of saying he has dodgy intonation? Just kidding everyone - Danny is the legend he is and deservedly so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Happy birthday Rev. What a thoughtful missus you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbassist Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 [quote name='PTB' timestamp='1333471847' post='1602256'] Happy birthday Rev. What a thoughtful missus you have. [/quote] +1! What a cool birthday card! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 That's really cool - Danny is a true legend and an awesome player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr H Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 He is an absolute gent. I once received a 45 minute telephone call from Danny on a Sunday evening out of the blue. As a PhD student, I has bought 'Whatever' on the strength of the album cover and raved about it. I wrote a complimentary letter to him via the address of his management and promptly forgot about it. How surprised was I? Enough to accuse him of pulling my leg (it wasn't put quite like that ;-) )... We then met up in the West End Centre several weeks later at one of his gigs and he took time to talk with me and introduce me to the band, sign an album, show me Victoria... What a legend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 What a great bloke and he played with Nick Drake too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Way cool, Rev! Here's some quite breathtaking music from Danny and the late John Martyn - makes me swell up ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmSPv-rtSQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1335739931' post='1635399'] Way cool, Rev! Here's some quite breathtaking music from Danny and the late John Martyn - makes me swell up ... [/quote] Clarky mate, you have no idea how much I love listening to this piece of music! It was this exact version of Solid Air that turned me on to Danny Thompson and made me go upright, It never, ever fails to get hair on the back of my neck to stand up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 that's how an upright bass should sound, so, so good hey, nice one Clarky, is that a one off or is there more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Search Youtube for the transatlantic sessions series 2. Danny is all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobluesine Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 [quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1335886021' post='1637561'] Search Youtube for the transatlantic sessions series 2. Danny is all over it. [/quote] i was thinking John Martyn, like Clarky's clip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Ah, with ya. Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhoozlf3PB0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thank you for posting these. I was enamoured with John Martyn in his youthful days, lost interest in the middle and had the misfortune to see a truly awful concert at the end of his career. He still had aura and mystique but was completely off his head and the audience started to laugh at him. It was heartbreaking. These videos have reminded me of his incredible power, And Danny Thompson. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1335739931' post='1635399'] Here's some quite breathtaking music from Danny and the late John Martyn - makes me swell up ...[/quote] Did you mean [i]'well'[/i] up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 That is massively cool!! Happy Birthday indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1335965528' post='1638721'] Did you mean [i]'well'[/i] up? [/quote] Erm, yes Very emotional to see and just beautiful music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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