Thompson has performed in Tarrytown many times over the years but this tour will be special because he intends to perform what he calls his Conti Tour (short for Continuity), performing a career spanning set of tunes, done chronologically from his earliest days in music in the 60s right up to the present.  The concert will be recorded for possible use as a future CD album.

Richard Thompson, who will be appearing solo, has several recent recording projects out including his "1,000 Years of Popular Music", an album done on kind of a dare after Rolling Stone magazine asked him an several other prominent Folk and Rock artists to put together lists of their favorite songs. Among the tunes on that CD are everything from the 14th Century Cathedral tunes to the traditional seafaring tune, "Shanandoah" to modern Pop tunes by the Beatles. It even includes the hit for Britney Spears, "Oops! I Did it Again".

Since performing with his first band, the seminal folk-rock group Fairport Convention in the sixties through the stormy early seventies recording with his ex-wife Linda such classics as "Shoot Out the Lights" and with a solo career in the eighties and nineties, Richard has always carved his own niche.  Highly respected not only for his song writing but also for his sizzling guitar work, Thompson is rightly called, brilliant in the music community. 

Opening the concert will be guitar newcomer, Julian Coryell, son of the legendary Jazz guitarist, Larry Coryell.

Reserved seats are priced at $28 each. Tickets may be purchased over the phone by calling (914) 248-8823, or via www.twincloud.com. The concert is presented by Twin Cloud Concerts.