Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson, OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London, England) is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. He made his début as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967. He was married to Linda Thompson from 1972 until 1982 (divorced) with whom he has three children [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3506945-Muna-Thompson-Mascolo]Maimuna[/url], [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/340497-Teddy-Thompson]Teddy[/url] and [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/965645-Kamila-Thompson]Kamila[/url]. In 1985 he married Nancy Covey with whom he has a son [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3521907-Jack-Thompson-7]Jack[/url] (divorced 2018). Since 2019, his partner is Zara Phillips. Grandfather of Zak Hobbs. Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991.