such an unexpected treat.. Maddy doing a Sandy Denny song! Steeleye and Maddy have appeared a few times at Cropredy Festival in the U.K. (Fairport's festival). Put away your guns of steel Death comes too soon for all Your Master He may need you soon And you must heed His call
"The methods of madness, the pathos and the sadness"... this is pure Sandy and I was lucky to see Sandy perform this around 1974. Only Autopsy and Next time Around competes with this for introspective genius.
One normally thinks of Richard Thompson with slow calm acoustic ballads. But this is one of the most rockin' songs ever. With lead solos that would make current guitar "Gods" blush. And sweet arrangements.
Thanks for uploading this and the Maddy Prior performance. I never got to see this concert (BBC iPlayer never allows non UK residents to see its content) - greatly appreciated.
He's got to be. You could drop RT right into the magical trio of 80s Tom Waits records. I assume you've listened to the first French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson record. ❤ x 999999
@jeffwhitehead7990 - he does indeed. You can't just let an RT solo wash over you - you have to put the work in - much like a Tchaikovsky or Rakmaninoff piano concerto - if you're only used to listening to blues it can feel disjointed and unmelodic at first, but put in the work and all of a sudden there's a sound explosion going on in your brain and you can never listen to those tired old blues licks that every other guitarist copies again. I never get bored of listening to RT play electric guitar. The only other guitarists that I feel the same about are Angus Young and the late Kelly Joe Phelps.
@@honeychurchgipsy6 Exactly right. RT does plenty of songs with “catchy riffs and melodies” (*very few* blues-based / pentatonic) but, he plays the guitar much more like a piano, playing multiple parts and utilizing diatonic/polyphonic scales. Plus, his right hand is insanely versatile
@@jeffwhitehead7990 - Agree with you on everything - I should know, I spent the last two days with Shame of Doing Wrong going through my head day and night because I'm learning it to sing/play on my uke - they don't come much catchier than that one!! However, his guitar solos are more like a jazz solo and not everyone (especially those not used to listening to anything but pop/easy listening blues) gets them at first. But like all the best music - put in the effort and something magic occurs. I think he also utilises a drone note (like you get with bagpipes) to solo over. I am a fan of British comedian - Stewart Lee - I think of him as the RT of stand up. Check him out - you might see what I mean.
After listening to Linda singing this since the early 80s [Shoot Out the Lights?], I didn't think I'd like Richard's version ... but wow ... just love how he sings it!
I first found this back in 2010-2011 and I just keep coming back to it over and over. It's loose and a little messy, but Richard just keeps shaking his head and cranking-out all these Rock 'n Roll "cliches" that knock me OUT! He is unrecognized as a guitarist on the highest level, and that is a shame. BBC Wales, I think. And 1985! Best of the Best! Dan in Bangor
I've heard and enjoyed so many different versions and arrangements of this by Richard Thompson over the years, but I've never quite heard it like this. This is great. Thank you so much for sharing this. This is such a fabulous concert.
Heard this on the way home in the dark after hard reminders from the past came up today. Man this is deep got my attention immediately. Funny thing I wanted to just cry but I couldn't then heard that chorus can't cry if you don't know how. Dude.
