Paul Thompson

cfnyfm 102.1 the spirit of radio presents the eclectic spirit with brad mcnally

band we saw emerge in the early 1970s with new and fresh ideas it was and still is a band of personalities the first lineup featured brian ferry an ex-teacher graham simpson on bass annie mckay on bass on saxophone, rather, Paul Thompson on drums, Brian Eno, the electronics man, and the band actually had several guitarists, Roger Bunn, David Olist, and they finally settled for Phil Manzanera.

Their first LP came out in 1972, and by that time, Graham Simpson left the band due to a nervous breakdown.

He was replaced by Rick Canton, and the band in that form cut one of their very first singles, Virginia Plain.

It would be great.

So I go with my 4001 Rick, and I'm jamming with Paul Thompson, just bass and drums for about 20 minutes.

On the other side of the glass is the rest of the band, Ferry, Andy McKay, Phil Manzanero, and Chris Thomas, who produced Sex Pistols, Pretenders, engineered the White Album, et cetera, et cetera.

So I'm trying not to look past the glass.

And then there's, there's three or four bands here who, who were the same height, bar one person who's a tiny bit smaller but you wouldn't notice.

So Roxy Music, Paul Thompson, slightly smaller.

The Birds, Crosby, maybe an inch or two smaller, right? Stone Rose is a gang, but Manny, very ve- you wouldn't notice.

The Stones, Charlie Watts, you know, uh, slightly smaller, but they're still appreciably a gang, aren't they?