Critically acclaimed prolific songwriter, Ivor Novello Award winner, recipient of BBC's Lifetime Achievement Award and named one of Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 20 Guitarists of All Time for his acoustic and electric virtuosity. In the guitar god firmament, Thompson easily takes a place beside Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He has certainly been the most consistently imaginative English plank spanker of modern times (Mirror). Only heavyweights like Neil Young and Prince are in Thompson's league when it comes to combined prowess as a writer and a guitar player (Philadelphia Inquirer).
