Author: THOMPSON,TEDDY
Format: CD
Release Date: 31-07-2007
Details: Amazon.ca Yes, Teddy Thompson’s parents are renowned folkies Richard and Linda Thompson. And, sure, he’s spent the past few years touring the world with his good friend Rufus Wainwright, who recently wrote a song about their inimitable relationship called “Nobody’s off the Hook.” But it’s Thompson’s rich, twangy voice that deserves the spotlight. After turning out two thoroughly underappreciated albums of original material–it would be pushing it to even call them cult favorites–the lovelorn singer-songwriter takes on a dozen classic country tunes on Up Front and Down Low. It’s a good fit, the bitter sentiments the inform his own work paired with the sterling melodies of Ernest Tubb’s “Walking the Floor Over You” and Elvis Presley’s “I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone.” Thompson gives each of the tunes a masterful makeover, polishing
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