When this famed Motor City rock 'n' roller showed up drunk (clutching a half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels) for his 1979 concert at Grugahalle in Essen, the show's producer almost pulled the plug on... more

Thompson's Fairport Convention mates Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg and Dave Mattacks joined him onstage for an unforgettable "Rockpalast" concert in Hamburg in December 1983. About seven weeks later, in... more

What a joy this is to watch and listen to: one of the greatest characters in the blues, on stage and in the zone as a barrelhouse piano player, slow-blues master and thoroughly charming raconteur.... more