Folk-rock royalty Richard Thompsonto perform at De La Warr Pavilion

By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jul 2018, 17:49 BST
Updated 16th Jul 2018, 17:07 BST
Richard Thompson. Photo by Anthony PepitoneRichard Thompson. Photo by Anthony Pepitone
Richard Thompson. Photo by Anthony Pepitone
Folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson is set for a night in Bexhill.

Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time, he is also one of the world’s most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters.

He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for Songwriting on both sides of the Atlantic - from the Americana Music Association in Nashville to Britain’s BBC Awards as well as the prestigious Ivor Novello.

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In 2011, Thompson received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) personally bestowed upon him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

In the USA Thompson has been nominated at the Americanas for both “Artist of the Year” and “Song of the Year”. HIs recently released CD, Still was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy which reached #6 in the UK charts (just ahead of Taylor Swift)!

Having co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the ‘60s,