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Check out this fantastic interview with Ron on "Harmonics". The show, hosted by Gregory Correa, was filmed in April 2012 and is now available on youtube:
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT
RON THOMPSON
"Ron Thompson, he's my main man!" -- John Lee Hooker, Inductee--Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"Ron's one of my all time favorite guitar players. I've known Ron over 30 years, maybe 40 years. Long enough to know that in all that time, every time I heard him play, it was always a treat to hear. I'm glad to call him a friend." -- Charle Musselwhite, "Most Outstanding Musician (harmonica)," Living Blues 2007 Readers and Critics Polls
"Ron Thompson is my favorite guitarist." -- Mick Fleetwood, founder and member of Fleetwood Mac
"Ron Thompson is a 'blues wizard.' There is no instrument and no style he can't put across, because the soul he brings to it is undeniable, and it is unmistakably his own." -- Angela Strehli, "The Queen of Texas Blues"
"I've always felt Ron is the most talented blues guitarist I've ever seen. He can do it all. He's extraordinarily gifted. What many folks aren't aware of is that Ron was a huge asset in the re-emergence of John Lee Hooker. He was the foundation for that boogie sound." -- Tom Mazzolini , founder and producer of the San Francisco Blues Festival , the longest running blues festival in the United States
"Ron Thompson is the baddest man alive!!!" -- Tommy Castro, "B.B. King Entertainer of the Year" 2008 Blues Music Award Winner
"We've been fortunate to have many great blues players here over the years, but no one--and I mean no one--blew me away like Ron Thompson. This guy is unreal!" -- Dan King, "Ambassador of Cool," Boulder's Home of the Blues
"What this guy knows, you can't get out of a book." -- Steve Cropper , one of the founding members of both Booker T. and the MG's and The Mar-Keys
"One of the best moves Mayor Gavin Newsom made last year was proclaiming Sept. 5, 2007 as 'Ron Thompson Day in San Francisco.' The Newark-born musician, best known for the years he spent in John Lee Hooker's band, is one of the Bay Area's truly great guitarists. He's on equal footing with Carlos Santana or, really, anybody else you want to mention. If you doubt that, just go see him in concert." -- Jim Harrington, Music Editor, Contra Costa Times
"As a slide guitarist, I would say Ron is the best in the world and yet the man sings his ass off too. Ron Thompson is one of the five top blues greats in the world today. " -- Andy Grigg, music critic for Real Blues magazine
"Ron could take a soggy cardboard box with strings and whip up a frenzy. Forget the young kids in tight pants and big amps, this funky fella beats everyone way past home. He's like a 45 in a 78 world." -- Kansas City Blues Society