Thompson, Richard - Cooksferry Queen Lyrics

Go in at 0:12 if you find Jools Holland insufferable.

You had me at Dad's Going to kill me

Smack those drums!

One of my favorite lyrics of all time: "Pre-Raphaelite curls in her hair
"

Teddy on rhythm guitar

Great musicians can do it all!

RT one of the best guitar players ever!

The best

Is there a more electrifying performance on YouTube??

Happy Birthday, Richard!

LOVE IT!!!!!

I have a lot of RT's albums. He is just so unique. It was touching to see in the liner notes of Mock Tudor, a dedication to former Fairport bandmate Sandy Denny, who died many years ago.

I wanna play with this band!

Danny Thompson on BASS! 

@Donn La Rossa Some of the best upright bass I've heard outside of rockabilly! Phenomenal.

Just listen to these strange bass lines Danny makes in the opening, it makes you wonder if they are "right",
and then he makes it open up and it sort of just fit in! What a bass player to jam with!

Saw him backing RT several years ago in Sydney with what looked like an open bottle of Riesling at his feet. Whatever gets you through....

Wicked and wonderful

Danny Thompson charges the whole band with his fantastic bass lines!

like it

I've been watching 'Later' with Jools Holland for as long as I can remember. Must be a good 20 years. And there's been many iconic and memorable performances over the years, but this must be my favorite. To be honest, I hold my hands up, I'd never really heard much about Richard Thompsom at the time, but after watching this, I went out and bought a lot of his back catalogue... Everything about this song excited me. It's lyrically divine, it's melodically sublime, and it's musically bloody excellent. Really love the lyrics.

+onepinkrose x - Richard Thompson is one, amazing guy. Such an amazing guitar player and funny, and the most intelligent lyrics. I heard about him through someone much younger than me...and after that...I was hooked! Enjoy your RT recordings!

What's even more extraordinary is how RT can approximate the excitement of the band version when it's just him and a an acoustic guitar!

This is a rehashed Long black veil

Back in the day (1963/4)  a cousin (or maybe he was a second cousin), of RT’s, played bass in an insignificant rock group, in which I played guitar. Down the years, this same old bass player has persistently e-mailed to me “links” to RT’s material, much of which I have enjoyed, but none as much as this particular track !!!
A string bass holding its own in a really tight “modern day” band; how the f*** did he get it to make that “growling” sound when it kicked off ?
The blues harp player was enjoying himself tremendously and the drummer, using brushes throughout, really got stuck in !
These musicians were really enjoying themselves ! 
RT’s lyrics, timing and mastery of the fret board are nowt short of amazing; the guy is a true musical genius !
The finish was amongst the “Most-nailed” that I have seen in any live performance by any band, great or small.
A truly fantastic track all round, and the two sad b******* who gave this the thumbs down need to be taken out and shot !

just cannot ignore the pinch from long black veil.

i Never liked english music but this has changed my approach. soul touching song. Great music

Thanks for the lift.

Kickass! Danny plays some really on the edge tones, simply fantastic! The whole band is on the thin end of the wedge sometimes. If Richard would have kept the song going for a couple of minutes more...

Only 35200 views - I despair, I really do.

Speechless. Fuck that was good.
Must see if he tours in the States any time soon.

Wow......it just doesn't get much better than that folks.

This is a must listen to all those who think a string bass is lost in an electric band!

I saw them in Cincy during this tour... as tight a band as I've ever heard! I was totally awe-struck. Shame few of his videos on here contain some of the stories he would tell between songs... he's also an excellent story-teller.

Love this song, love the performance

Fantastic Performance, everyone totally in the zone!

@johnmckinlay67 That should be "He and his bass". Sorry, that was my almost terminal case of OCD talking there. On another note, I was privileged to see Mr. Mayall in two small venues back in the early 70s. After Richard Thompson, I believe he was the most friendly performer back in the day. He actually talked to us during the breaks. Unheard of in these days.

@Mulwany Totally agree. Him and his bass "Victoria" have been around the block for many years. Met him with Richard when they did their two man show a couple of years back. Two very humble men.

if anyone knows who the harmonica player is on here can they please pm me

Julian Dawson is his name

Richard thanks for all of it over the years ....I owe ya!

...and he's even more upright than he used to be these days.

sauguat

You mean Pete Zorn can't play harmonica? Slacker.

Have you ever seen a picture of John Zorn? He's half as tall as Julian Dawson, who plays here.

"She can make wine out of Thames River water ..."

100% agreed on every comment on this page so far. Richards the top man in my opinion. @ Mulwany..Totally agree mate ! Met Richard & Danny 3 years ago..2 very humble,pleasant men..Pure Genius!Thanks once again,Cleapatr.

And to think some of my friends don't understand why I rave about RT!

Light the touchpaper and stand well back!

GOTTA LOVE THAT!

Just brilliant

That's Thompson's son, Teddy, playing the Danelectro guitar on the far right.

Jools holland show 30-10-99

Glad to see this clip back. A knockout performance of a great song.

What an incedible talent RT is!! Thanks for posting Cleapatr.