Bobby Thompson (musician)

Bobby Thompson (born Robert Clark Thompson; July 5, 1937 – May 18, 2005)[1] was an American banjoist and guitarist. He worked as a session musicians from the 1960s through 1980s. He recorded with Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Perry Como, among others.

Thompson was born in Converse, South Carolina.[2] In the late 1960s, he joined his fellow session musicians, Weldon Myrick, Charlie McCoy to form Area Code 615.[3][2]

He died in 2005 at the age of 67.

Selected discography

With The Monkees

• The Monkees Present (1969)

With Dottie West

• Country and West (1970)
• Forever Yours (1970)
• If It's All Right With You/Just What I've Been Looking For (1972)
• Country Sunshine (1973)
• Carolina Cousins (1975)

With The Everly Brothers

• Pass the Chicken & Listen (1972)

With Donna Fargo

• My Second Album (1972)
• All About a Feeling (1973)

With Hank Wilson

• Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I (1973)

With Tom Rapp / Pearls Before Swine

• Sunforest (1973)

With Ferlin Husky

• Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies (1974)

With The Pointer Sisters

• That's a Plenty (1974)

With Jimmy Buffett

• High Cumberland Jubilee (1976)

With Barbara Mandrell

• Lovers, Friends and Strangers (1977)

With Johnny Cash

• Any Old Wind That Blows (1973)
• Look at Them Beans (1975)
• One Piece at a Time (1976)
• Rockabilly Blues (1980)

Soundtrack

• Malibu Express (1980)

With Jerry Lee Lewis

• Killer Country (1980)

With Hank Williams Jr.

• High Notes (1982)

With Neil Young

• Old Ways (1985)

Notes

1. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
2. Weisberger, Jon (June 2, 2005). "Bobby Thompson, 1937-2005". Nashville Scene. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2006). Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Albums, 6th edition. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-166-7.

External links

• Bobby Thompson (1937 - 2005) - Find A Grave Memorial