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Danny Thompson RIP

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Bass player whose collaborations included Pentangle, John Martyn, Nick Drake, June Tabor, the Incredible String Band, Cliff Richard, Johnny Hates Jazz, Rod Stewart, T-Rex, ABC, Everything But the Girl, Graham Coxon, the The, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Roy Orbison, Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, Davy Graham, Donovan Kate Bush Richard Thompson and Eric Bibb among others.
RIP.
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DT's work on the 70s John Martyn albums was the reason I learned to play double bass.

Anyone who knows owt about music knows who Danny Thompson is. 

Posting "who?" in an attempt to appear EDGY just makes folk look like the ignorant cunts they are.
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Didn't Daley Thompson have a number one hit on the Deccathlon label?
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Re: Danny Thompson RIP

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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 22:29
Bungo wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 22:21
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 22:14
To be fair, mate, great man though he is, he's not really know for his contribution to modern music, but if you want him in, I'm also happy to add Thompson and Thompson.
As the original gripe was limiting RIP threads to people we might know, my suggestion was to make a forum master list, so RIP threads in future will only be posted for people we know. To be thorough we should really include people of ALL professions and ALL surnames.

Only in this way can we be sure not to frivolously post an RIP for a person that somebody hasn't heard of.
Fair enough:

Eric Thompson
Emma Thompson (his annoying daughter)
Flora Thompson
Thompson's Gazelle
Good start. Many thanks.

When others chip in I'll pop them all in a master spreadsheet so we can refer to it before deciding whether or not an RIP thread is warranted for a recenty deceased of questionable fame.👍
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Bungo wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 22:21
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 22:14
To be fair, mate, great man though he is, he's not really know for his contribution to modern music, but if you want him in, I'm also happy to add Thompson and Thompson.
As the original gripe was limiting RIP threads to people we might know, my suggestion was to make a forum master list, so RIP threads in future will only be posted for people we know. To be thorough we should really include people of ALL professions and ALL surnames.

Only in this way can we be sure not to frivolously post an RIP for a person that somebody hasn't heard of.
Fair enough:

Eric Thompson
Emma Thompson (his annoying daughter)
Flora Thompson
Thompson's Gazelle
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 22:14
To be fair, mate, great man though he is, he's not really know for his contribution to modern music, but if you want him in, I'm also happy to add Thompson and Thompson.
As the original gripe was limiting RIP threads to people we might know, my suggestion was to make a forum master list, so RIP threads in future will only be posted for people we know. To be thorough we should really include people of ALL professions and ALL surnames.

Only in this way can we be sure not to frivolously post an RIP for a person that somebody hasn't heard of.
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Bungo wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 20:59
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 20:19 Danny Thompson,
Richard Thompson,
Teddy Thompson
Alan Thompson,
Linda Thompson
The Thompson Twins
The Great Paul Thompson
No Daley? He'll be very disapointed...
To be fair, mate, great man though he is, he's not really know for his contribution to modern music, but if you want him in, I'm also happy to add Thompson and Thompson.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 20:19 Danny Thompson,
Richard Thompson,
Teddy Thompson
Alan Thompson,
Linda Thompson
The Thompson Twins
The Great Paul Thompson
No Daley? He'll be very disapointed...
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Danny Thompson,
Richard Thompson,
Teddy Thompson
Alan Thompson,
Linda Thompson
The Thompson Twins
The Great Paul Thompson
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 18:01
Bungo wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 16:40
Hello Mrs. Jones" wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 15:18 Can we just stick to death notices of people we might know.
Maybe if everone posts a list of who they know, we could get more of a handle on who to RIP or not?
For those of us who take our music seriously, Mr Thompson is extremely well-known.

RIP Danny
So have you prepared your list yet?
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Bungo wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 16:40
Hello Mrs. Jones" wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 15:18 Can we just stick to death notices of people we might know.
Maybe if everone posts a list of who they know, we could get more of a handle on who to RIP or not?
For those of us who take our music seriously, Mr Thompson is extremely well-known.

RIP Danny
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Hello Mrs. Jones" wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 15:18 Can we just stick to death notices of people we might know.
Maybe if everone posts a list of who they know, we could get more of a handle on who to RIP or not?
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Can we just stick to death notices of people we might know.
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Mad Ferret" wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 13:14 Who?
I'm going to assume that was ironic?🤔
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Decathlete, Olympic Gold medal winner, questionable tache. 
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Saw him loads of times with John Martyn. Great player and very funny bloke. The between songs banter between the usually very drunk Danny and John was hilarious and outrageous.

 
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Sorry to hear this. One of those unsung 'backbone' people that has played on so much over the years.

Obviously a highlight was playing on the Thunderbirds theme back in the 60s. Top work!
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