Sixty-Five Today

High Egoslavian Holy Day. Earthgirl and I saw a show in Harrisburg a decade and a half ago or so ago, not Thompson solo but Richard Thompson Band, they encored with Crawl Back, a fifteen minute version that morphed into The Israelites then back out, one of the best nights of my life.

Earthgirl and I and Hamster saw a Richard Thompson Band concert at the Senator Theater in Govans in 1996, closed the second set with a twelve-minute Shoot Out the Lights, one of the best nights of my life.







Earthgirl and I and Hamster saw a Richard Thompson Band concert at Lisner Auditorium in DC in late 1990s, it was the You, Me, Us tour, it was one of the best nights of my life, they drilled my favorite Richard Thompson song:







Earthgirl and Planet and I saw a Richard Thompson Band concert at the Keswick Theater in Philadelphia in the mid-00s, it was one of the best nights of my life, he opened with a killer:







Another one of the best nights of my life (thirty-fucking-two years ago, youngsters), I was there for the below, serendipitously my relationship with Blondie was falling apart as Richard and Linda screamed at each other between songs: