Oliver Thompson
Oliver Thompson (born 22 March 1988) is an English guitar player, songwriter and singer. He has toured with Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry since 2005, playing with guitarists including Phil Manzanera, Chris Spedding and Johnny Marr. He has played on Ferry's solo tours, festival dates and recording projects since he began working with him at age 17.He played on Ferry's 2007 solo album ''Dylanesque'' and was the principal guitarist on the 2010 ''Olympia'', which also featured David Gilmour, Nile Rodgers, Jonny Greenwood and Phil Manzanera. He toured with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra in 2013 for ''The Jazz Age''. When asked in a 2013 interview about his favorite guitarists to work with, Ferry said,
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Thompson was given his first guitar at 13 and soon started playing in his first band White Vinyl (2003–2007). He then started the band Rubber Kiss Goodbye (2008–2011) where he was the singer, songwriter and guitarist. The latter also included Bryan Ferry's son Tara Ferry on drums and Peter Perrett Jr. (previously of the band Babyshambles) on bass. Festival appearances for Rubber Kiss Goodbye included the 2009 SXSW in Austin, Texas, The Great Escape Festival (2010) in Brighton, England, and the Lodestar Festival in Cambridgeshire, England (2011).
In 2013, he started his first solo project, under his first two names Ollie Forrest. He launched his first single in London on 20 June 2014, featuring the songs "Gun To Your Baby" and "Wild's Rent". Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Shaun Collings, Oliver Thompson, Evan Hirst, Louise Goossens, Anup George, Robert WeinkoveGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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2by Oliver Thompson, Iivari Kleino, Luca Crimaldi, Mario Gimona, Kalle Saksela, Steve J WinderGet full text
Published 2008-01-01
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3by James O.S. Hackland, Tom J.R. Frith, Oliver Thompson, Ana Marin Navarro, Martin I. Garcia-Castro, Christian Unger, Peter W. AndrewsGet full text
Published 2017-10-01
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4by Oliver Thompson, Ferdinand von Meyenn, Zoe Hewitt, John Alexander, Andrew Wood, Richard Weightman, Sian Gregory, Felix Krueger, Simon Andrews, Ivana Barbaric, Paul J. Gokhale, Harry D. Moore, Wolf Reik, Marta Milo, Serena Nik-Zainal, Kosuke Yusa, Peter W. AndrewsGet full text
Published 2020-03-01
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5by Thomas JR Frith, Ilaria Granata, Matthew Wind, Erin Stout, Oliver Thompson, Katrin Neumann, Dylan Stavish, Paul R Heath, Daniel Ortmann, James OS Hackland, Konstantinos Anastassiadis, Mina Gouti, James Briscoe, Valerie Wilson, Stuart L Johnson, Marysia Placzek, Mario R Guarracino, Peter W Andrews, Anestis TsakiridisGet full text
Published 2018-08-01
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6by Jennifer Munkley, Ling Li, S R Gokul Krishnan, Gerald Hysenaj, Emma Scott, Caroline Dalgliesh, Htoo Zarni Oo, Teresa Mendes Maia, Kathleen Cheung, Ingrid Ehrmann, Karen E Livermore, Hanna Zielinska, Oliver Thompson, Bridget Knight, Paul McCullagh, John McGrath, Malcolm Crundwell, Lorna W Harries, Mads Daugaard, Simon Cockell, Nuno L Barbosa-Morais, Sebastian Oltean, David J ElliottGet full text
Published 2019-09-01
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