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Ron Thompson (July 5, 1953 – February 15, 2020) was an American electric blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Thompson released nine albums after 1983 on labels including Blind Pig. He worked with Little Joe Blue, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton.
Feb 19, 2020 · Ron Thompson, one of the most accomplished guitarists in Bay Area blues history, died Feb. 15 in Hayward. He was 66. The cause of death was not reported, although Thompson’s press website...
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Ron Thompson. After honing his chops behind Little Joe Blue and John Lee Hooker, guitarist Ron Thompson went solo in 1980, forming his own blues/roots-rock trio, the Resisters. Just Like a Devil, a 1990 release on…. Read Full Biography.
Ron Thompson has been a fixture in the San Francisco blues scene for more than 40 years. But rather than gaining visibility and rocketing to stardom like, say, Robben Ford, he patiently paid his dues in the trenches of ghetto clubs in decidedly unglamorous towns like Richmond, California, backing obscure bluesmen and 300-pound strippers.
Jul 12, 2021 · Things To Do. July 15 Arts and Entertainment Source: Memorial concert — finally — for Bay Area guitarist. Vallejo’s Steve Freund included in big-time line-up. The late Ron Thompson, front man...
Jul 25, 2021 · Ron Thompson never held back. A live-wire East Bay bluesman who thrived as a superlative sideman and dominating bandleader, he died last year at age 66, a few weeks before the first...
Opening with Willie Dixon's Meet Me In The Bottom, Ron Thompson on vocal and guitar gets a running start with his grinding tempo with Scotty Griffin on drums, Dave Chavez on bass, Sid Morris on piano and Jim Pugh on organ.
