"I'm glad I can do both full-band electric and solo acoustic performances. It's nice to have contrast, so if you get fed up with one, you can just switch to the other one. It's great to go to a town and play an acoustic show, and then you can come back a year later and play electric, and the show's really fairly different. The repertoire will be 50 percent different. The musical energy is completely different."

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Richard Thompson

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Richard Thompson is a renowned British singer-songwriter known for his profound lyrics that explore themes of love and resilience.

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