Watch Pink Floyd's David Gilmour join Richard Thompson for a birthday performance of 'Dimming of the Day'
According to reports, Loudon Wainwright III performed “The Swimming Song” and “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” with him. Bob Mould joined in for a round of Thompson’scut “Turning of the Tide” and Mould’s “If I Can’t Change Your Mind.” And even the Spinal Tap character Derek Smalls came up to sing his own “She Puts the Bitch in Obituary,” which Thompson guested on.
Other guests included Judith Owen, Olivia Chaney, Teddy Thompson, Alistair Anderson, Eliza Carthy and Hugh Cornwell, among others. The singer’s ex, Linda, with whom he made many classic recordings in the Seventies, even made an appearance at the show, according to YouTube uploads. She joined in on a round of “That’s Enough,” a song from Thompson’sThe evening ended with a performance of the Fairport Convention’s “Meet on the Ledge,” with the evening’s many collaborators joining Richard onstage. When it was done, Gilmour turned to Thompson to applaud him.
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