Butch Thompson
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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 extensively in Europe during the 1970s and 1980s. He passed away on August 14, 2022 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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- Tell Me Your Dreams by Butch Thompson
- When You and I Were Young Maggie by Butch Thompson
- Dauphine Street Blues by Butch Thompson
- Lily of the Valley by Butch Thompson
- Milneburg Joy by Butch Thompson
- Savoy Blues by Butch Thompson
- Moose March by Butch Thompson
- Running Wild/Till We Meet Again by Butch Thompson
- Bugle Boy March by Butch Thompson
- Down Home Rag by Butch Thompson
- Poker Woman
- Midnight Hour Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Evenin'
- If I Had You
- Mean Mistreater Blues
- Kansas City Man Blues
- That D Strain
- Blues For Two
- A Minor Fantasy
- 219 Blues
- Better Days
- Blues For Little Brother
- Papa's On The Housetop
