Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson was born in 1976 in a London Sufi commune to folk rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson, both major musical figures in the English folk rock scene from the 1960s onward. He formed a band at the age of 18. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his music career,^[1] which included work as a singer and guitar player in his father Richard's band during the 1990s. He appears on at least three Richard Thompson Band recordings from that time: You? Me? Us?, the live album Celtschmerz (1998) and Mock Tudor (1999), as well as singing a duet on the track "Persuasion", which appeared on Richard's best-of compilation Action Packed (1999). He can be seen performing in his father's band on a number of internet videos from as early as 1993, including an appearance on Jools Holland's show. He coaxed his mother out of retirement and co-produced her first album in 17 years, titled Fashionably Late.^[1]

• LA (EP) (2001)
• Blunderbuss (EP) (2004)

• "Everybody Move It" (2005)
• "In My Arms" (2008) – (UK #107)
• "Christmas" (2008) – featuring special guests Linda, Richard, and Kamila Thompson^[3]
• "Looking for a Girl" (2011)

• 1996 – Richard Thompson's You? Me? Us? – "Bank Vault in Heaven" – vocals
• 1998 – Richard Thompson's Celtschmerz – "A Heart Needs a Home", "Persuasion" – vocals
• 1999 – Richard Thompson's Mock Tudor – guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals
• 2001 – Richard Thompson Action Packed – "Persuasion" – live duet
• 2002 – Rufus Wainwright's Poses – "One Man Guy"- guitar, harmony vocals
• 2002 – Richard Thompson's Semi-Detached Mock Tudor – dulcimer, guitar, vocals
• 2002 – Linda Thompson's Fashionably Late – co-writer and guest vocals
• 2003 – Rosanne Cash's Rules of Travel – "Three Steps Down" – vocals
• 2005 – Kate & Anna McGarrigle's The McGarrigle Christmas Hour – vocals
• 2006 – Shawn Colvin's These Four Walls – "Let it Slide" – vocals
• 2007 – Linda Thompson's Versatile Heart – co-writer and guest vocals
• 2007 – Rufus Wainwright's Release the Stars – "Tiergarten" – backing vocals
• 2008 – Jason Crigler's The Music of Jason Crigler – "Through Tomorrow", "Dixie" – vocals
• 2008 – Marianne Faithfull's Easy Come, Easy Go – "How Many Worlds" – vocals

• 1998 – Psycho – "Psycho"
• 2002 – Shining Bright: Songs Of Lal & Mike Waterson, various artists – joint vocals (with Linda Thompson) on Evona Darling
• 2006 – Brokeback Mountain – "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye", co-lead "King of the Road" (with Rufus Wainwright)
• 2006 – Q Covered: The Eighties – "Don't Dream It's Over"
• 2006 – Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man – "The Future", "Tonight Will Be Fine"
• 2006 – Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys – "Sally Brown"
• 2013 – Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle – "Saratoga Summer Song"

• Teddy Thompson Performs on the BPP (live performance on The Bryant Park Project)

• Official website