Song:Where To Go From Here
Album:A Piece Of What You Need
As the son of legendary British folksingers Richard & Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson is certainly a chip off the old block. He is also pals with Rufus Wainwright, another famous offspring. Teddy has been playing in his dad's band for several years and has recorded his own music since 2000. He even coaxed his mom to record after a 17 year absence. A Piece Of What You Need is his latest CD. He was born Feb. 19, 1976 in London and along his brother Kamila grew up in a Muslim community outside London. Teddy moved to Los Angeles at age 18 and made his recording debut singing backup vocals on his father's 1996 CD You? me? us?. He also produced his mom's CD Fashionably Late. Teddy signed with Virgin Records and his 2000 self titled debut CD featured a duet with Emmylou Harris. It didn't sell and he joined Rosanne Cash's band for a few years. He signed with Verve Forecast and released Seperate Ways in 2005. Teddy has gradually done better commercially and A Piece Of What You Need has been his best seller to date. It reached #10 on the British Album Chart and #19 on the US Heat chart. All the songs including Where To Go From Here were written by Teddy. But he decided to work with producer Marius de Vries after meeting him at a Rufus Wainwright session. de Vries started out as a keyboard player for the 80s group The Blow Monkeys and is best known for his work with Bjork. Teddy described A Piece Of What You Need as his pop album. He currently lives in New York City and last year toured as opening act for Elton John. Obviously Teddy Thompson has quite the pedigree and I'm sure we will hear more from him in the near future. Here's the video for Where To Go From Here by Teddy Thompson. You'll notice he likes to play the ukelele.
Teddy Thompson - "Where Do We Go From Here" from Tim Hansberry on Vimeo.
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