Article: The many moods of Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson, godfather of grunge?

"Well, I think so," the droll singer-guitarist says, on the phone from Columbus, Ohio, during a tour stop. "I was doing the `holes in the plaid shirts' back in '67."

Richard Thompson, musician on the move? Pioneer on the proper path?

"Um, yes, sometimes," says Thompson, with a slight laugh. "I'm not sure where the path is, or if I find the path I'm not sure where it's going." Cheerfully mixing metaphors, he adds, "Generally speaking, I think I have a foot on the bottom rung of the ladder."

Richard Thompson, dark and mordant on his most recent album, "Mirror Blue"?

"Dark and mordant?" says Thompson. "Aargh. Um, I can't remember what's on it, it's ...

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