No Bright Ones Tonight: Richard Thompson Shoots Out The Lights
Michael Goldberg, Creem, September 1982
THERE IS A story circulating about Richard Thompson. The way I heard it, the Eagles approached him, prior to hiring Joe Walsh: they wanted Thompson in the band as lead guitarist. Living in obscurity in England, Thompson allegedly replied: "What? And spend the rest of my life working with a bunch of Southern Californians?"
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