Teddy Thompson and King Wilkie September 17, 2007

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Born in 1976 in the London commune where his parents resided, Teddy Thompson didn't listen to any music made after 1959 until I was about 16, and formed his first band in his early teens. After finishing school at 18, he moved to Los Angeles, where he began to pursue a musical career in earnest. His original tunes and live gigs generated sufficient buzz to win him a deal with Virgin Records. By the time he released his self-titled solo debut in 2000, hed already played in his fathers touring band and contributed guitar and backing vocals to his albums You? Me? Us? and Mock Tudor. In 2002, Teddy played a key role in drawing his mother out of a 17-year musical retirement to record her landmark comeback disc Fashionably Late, which he co-produced and played on; he also led her live band when Linda toured to support the album. Teddy also found time to record a self-released six-song EP, Blunderbuss, and to tour as part of Rosanne Cash's band, before signing with Verve and releasing the acclaimed Separate Ways in early 2006. His latest release is Upfront & Low Down.

From the opening notes, King Wilkies Low Country Suite announces a new beginning for the band. Using the same tools that they used to make a splash on the bluegrass circuitfiddles, banjos, dobros, string bass, acoustic guitars, and mandolinsthey forge a new sound: the tension and release created by every brush and scrape of the instruments and the close harmonies of the bands two lead singers inform brutally honest, poetic songs of dread, exhilaration, and the truth and the consequences of denying it.


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