Event Listing - Music

Fri Mar 28

Teddy Thompson

with Rosie Thompson

Location	Date and Time
Great American Music Hall (GAMH) 859 O'Farrell Street San Francisco, CA 94109 map cross street: Polk district: Polk Gulch/Van Ness	Fri Mar 28 (Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm)

Description

Teddy Thompson's self-produced Upfront & Down Low offers distinctive readings of beloved country classics. Throughout Upfront & Down Low , the songs are supported by artful, evocative arrangements that often diverge from the material's original country milieu. Six tracks feature distinctive string arrangements by legendary English arranger Robert Kirby , renowned for his groundbreaking work with Nick Drake, while “My Blue Tears” features strings arranged by frequent Thompson cohort Rufus Wainwright.

“The whole thing started off as a fun little project rather than an album,” Thompson explains. “And then I really started throwing myself into it and it grew into a whole other thing. I really tried to concentrate on the songs first and foremost, rather than feeling the need to use country instrumentation or make it sound like a ‘real' country record.”