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Richard Thompson: The Guitar Hero as Mystic Recluse

Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 7 October 1978

Richard Thompson is one of the world's finest guitarists, but a few years ago he "got cheesed off" and packed it all in. Now he's back and ready to tell COLIN IRWIN that at last, he actually wouldn't mind being famous.

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