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Ron Thompson (July 5, 1953 – February 15, 2020) was an American electric blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Thompson released nine albums after 1983 on labels including Blind Pig. He worked with Little Joe Blue, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton.
Feb 19, 2020 · Ron Thompson, one of the most accomplished guitarists in Bay Area blues history, died Feb. 15 in Hayward. He was 66. The cause of death was not reported, although Thompson’s press website said...
- Jim Harrington
Ron Thompson has been a fixture in the San Francisco blues scene for more than 40 years. But rather than gaining visibility and rocketing to stardom like, say, Robben Ford, he patiently paid his dues in the trenches of ghetto clubs in decidedly unglamorous towns like Richmond, California, backing obscure bluesmen and 300-pound strippers.
Ron Thompson can, and that’s just the beginning! Ron Thompson is a legendary rhythm and blues guitarist and master keyboardist whose career began in the rough and tumble world of East San Francisco Bay nightclubs and bars in the early ‘70s.
Oct 16, 2020 · When San Francisco Bay area guitarist Ron Thompson succumbed to complications of diabetes earlier this year, the entire blues world lost one of its most enduring, diverse and understated instrumentalists. That loss becomes clear to the outside world with this stellar disc.
Feb 4, 2022 · Ron Thompson is a legendary rhythm and blues guitarist and master keyboardist whose career began in the rough and tumble world of East San Francisco Bay nightclubs and bars in the early ‘70s. During many years of touring coast to coast with John Lee Hooker, Hooke…
Ron Thompson (July 5, 1953 - February 15, 2020) was an American electric blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Thompson released nine albums after 1983 on labels including Blind Pig .
