Butch Thompson
Butch Thompson, born Richard Enos Thompson on November 28, 1943, in Marine on
St. Croix, Minnesota, was an American jazz pianist and clarinetist. In 1962, he
joined the New Orleans Jazz Band of the Hall Brothers and began performing
regularly. He began leading the Butch Thompson Trio in the 1960s and was the
original pianist and regular on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion from
1974 to 1986. Notable solo releases include If You Don't Shake (Echoes from
Storyville, Volume One) (1984), Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos (1996), and
Vicksburg Blues (2012). Thompson toured...
StardustButch Thompson and Butch Thompson Trio
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Tiger RagButch Thompson
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Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?Butch Thompson
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St. Louis Blues, songOriginal Broadway Cast, Ruth Brown, Henry Butler, Butch Thompson, Grady Tate, Britt Woodman, Roland Hanna and Haywood Henry
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St. Louis BluesButch Thompson
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You Can't Lose a Broken HeartButch Thompson
Vicksburg Blues
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