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NEM#254: Teddy Thompson Gets Off the Sofa

June 11, 2026 by Mark Lint Leave a Comment

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Teddy, golden-voiced son on Richard and Linda, is more tied to ’50s/’60s rock and country than he his to his parents’ folk influences, and he’s recorded ten solo albums of tuneful, straightforward but highly idiosyncratic rock and country tunes since 2000.

We discuss “Come Back” (and listen at the end to “So This Is Heartache”) from Never Be the Same (2026), “Move At Speed” from Heartbreaker Please (2020), and “I Should Get Up” from Separate Ways (2006). Intro: “In My Arms” from A Piece of What You Need (2008). More at teddythompson.net.

Watch the video for “In My Arms.” Another song from the new album that I mention is “Not What I Need,” and its great closing tune is “Same Old Song.” Teddy’s previous album is My Love of Country. Hear the song Teddy mentions, “No Way to Be,” featuring his father and Garth Hudson.

Watch Teddy play “I Should Get Up” solo live. Here’s a whole, very recent live solo show. Watch Teddy and Richard sing “Persuasion” (the great song Richard wrote with Tim Finn) live in 1999 (here’s the studio version, and here’s Tim’s version). Here’s the tune he wrote with his mother for her most recent album (she has vocal issues now, so a series of guest vocalists sing all the tunes). Here’s a trailer for the Family album by Thompson (2014).

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