Bobby Thompson (musician)

Bobby Thompson (born Robert Clark Thompson; July 5, 1937 – May 18, 2005)^[1] was an American banjoist and guitarist. He worked as a session musician from the 1960s through 1980s. He recorded with Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Perry Como, among others.

Thompson was born in Converse, South Carolina.^[2] In the late 1960s, he joined his fellow session musicians, Weldon Myrick, Charlie McCoy to form Area Code 615.^[3][2]

He died in 2005 at the age of 67.

Selected discography

With The Monkees

• The Monkees Present (1969)
• Missing Links Volume Two (1990)

With Charley Pride

• Christmas in My Home Town (1970)
• Charley (1975)
• The Happiness of Having You (1975)

With Dottie West

• Country and West (1970)
• Forever Yours (1970)
• If It's All Right With You/Just What I've Been Looking For (1972)
• Country Sunshine (1973)
• Carolina Cousins (1975)

With Willie Nelson

• Yesterday's Wine (1971)

With The Everly Brothers

• Pass the Chicken & Listen (1972)

With Donna Fargo

• My Second Album (1972)
• All About a Feeling (1973)

With Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

• Together Always (1972)

With Johnny Cash

• Any Old Wind That Blows (1973)
• Look at Them Beans (1975)
• One Piece at a Time (1976)
• Rockabilly Blues (1980)

With Hank Wilson

• Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I (1973)

With Tom Rapp / Pearls Before Swine

• Sunforest (1973)

With Ferlin Husky

• Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies (1974)

With Waylon Jennings

• The Ramblin' Man (1974)

With The Pointer Sisters

• That's a Plenty (1974)

With The Statler Brothers

• Sons of the Motherland (1974)

With Ronnie Milsap

• A Legend in My Time (1975)

With Jimmy Buffett

• High Cumberland Jubilee (1976)

With Eddie Rabbitt

• Rocky Mountain Music (1976)
• Rabbitt (1977)
• Variations (1978)

With England Dan & John Ford Coley

• Nights Are Forever (1976)
• Dowdy Ferry Road (1977)
• Some Things Don't Come Easy (1978)

With Barbara Mandrell

• Lovers, Friends and Strangers (1977)

With Dolly Parton

• Jolene (1974)
• New Harvest...First Gathering (1977)

With Mickey Newbury

• Frisco Mabel Joy (1971)
• Heaven Help the Child (1973)
• Rusty Tracks (1977)
• The Sailor (1979)

With The Oak Ridge Boys

• Y'all Come Back Saloon (1977)
• Room Service (1978)
• The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived (1979)
• Together (1980)

With Margo Smith

• A Woman (1979)

Soundtrack

• Malibu Express (1980)

With Jerry Lee Lewis

• When Two Worlds Collide (1980)
• Killer Country (1980)

With Dan Seals

• Stones (1980)
• Harbinger (1982)
• Rebel Heart (1983)
• San Antone (1984)
• Won't Be Blue Anymore (1985)
• On the Front Line (1986)

With Hank Williams Jr.

• Habits Old and New (1980)
• Rowdy (1981)
• The Pressure Is On (1981)
• High Notes (1982)

With John Anderson

• I Just Came Home to Count the Memories (1981)

With Loretta Lynn

• I Lie (1982)

With George Strait

• Strait Country (1981)
• Strait from the Heart (1982)

With Reba McEntire

• Unlimited (1982)
• Behind the Scene (1983)
• My Kind of Country (1984)

With Chet Atkins

• Great Hits of the Past (1983)

With Neil Young

• Old Ways (1985)

Notes

1. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
2. Weisberger, Jon (June 2, 2005). "Bobby Thompson, 1937-2005". Nashville Scene. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2006). Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Albums, 6th edition. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-166-7.

External links

• Bobby Thompson (1937 - 2005) - Find A Grave Memorial