RIP, Danny Thompson

[sgcim]

The great British acoustic bass player has passed at 86. He played with many of my fave folk/jazz artists like Pentangle (that was his great solo arco introduction to "Reflection"), and Nick Drake (that was him playing bass on "River Man" (even though he had trouble reading 5/4 with the orchestra, he said, "Bollocks, I'll make up my own part!") .

He also played with artists as diverse as Tubby Hayes, Kate Bush, John Martyn and Richard Thompson and many others.