a Supertramp appreciation (Dougie Thompson)

I hope this is in the right place to post this topic

Hie this is mye actual first post in Progarchives, that i dedicate to mye favourite band Supertramp.
(im Norwegian so excuse my english )
 
i have read almoust all Supertramp forum posts so i have an oversight of the topics that have bin done.
so im taking it in different angle.

this i will dedicate to the underrated bassplayer Dougie Thompson (in the band from 1973-88) the least mentiond person from the classic lineupp.
i take my perspective ass a bassplayer, i find Thompsons style is very origenal, i have heard a lot of graet basslines by other bands (Yes, King Crimson, Rush, Deep Purple, Kansas) and they all have all great bass players that i also admire. 

 i have never heard in any other band (that i know of) with the approach Dougie had.

i find his style is based on a more dramatic, drone-type, warm,  its moody, thick sound. its werry pressent in the overall Supertramp sound.  
songs i think it represent moust

Even In the Quitest Moment (song from self titteled album)
Babaji (EItQM)
Crime of the Century - (self titled album)
Lady (Crises! what Crises)
Sister Moonchine (CwC)
 the Meaning (CwC)
and actualy i could mentian all but this i think represent it best






 

Hey! Welcome! I'm a fan of Supertramp too, and love Dougie's bass playing!

Dougie was born the same day as I have!

^you should know that David Gilmour played with Supertramp in their 1984(?) album, right?

That was a heck of a album, one of my faves by them, just below Crime of the Century I suppose, ah what the hell, here's my fave album list:

#1 Crime of the Century
#2 Brother Where You Bound
#3 Supertramp
#4 Even in the Quitest Moments
#5 Famous Last Words
#6 Crisis? What Crisis?
#7 Breakfast in America
#8 Indelibly Stamped

aginor wrote: Supertramp is the band i return to moust, there capeabilaty to create dramatic feel to there sound is what i like about them. and there audio production is some of the best in the 70s (have you by the way heard the guitar solo in Waiting so Long from  ...Famous last Words. its almoust as good as any Gilmour solo)

Yeah, Supertramp along with Pink Floyd have some of the best production of the era.

Supertramp are one of my favourite bands, even if I must admit that I've never paid too much attention to Dougie T.'s bass playing. They deserve all the love they can get, in spite of those who maintain they shouldn't be here because they're too 'poppy'.

BTW, are you a fan of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series? I'd bet your screen name comes from ther..


Edited by Raff - April 23 2009 at 18:22

sorry not all from 69 some mistakes pink floyd is 1965 i think, and Genesis 68,and Yes 68 and i did forgett Jethro Tull.. 

Supertramp are one of the greatest bands ever to walk the earth, although I do miss Hodgson and feel that their output since he left has never been quite the same. However, Even in the Quietest Moments, Crime of the Century, Crisis?, What Crisis?, and Famous Last Words were all incredible and imaginative LPs. Strangely enough, I was never too keen on BIA.

Thompson was also a great bassist, and the band should be remembered as a great collective of musicians with two extremely gifted songwriters.

Dougie Thompson is also working with JBM Management, managing bands such as New Sense, Disturbed, The Fags and Dark New Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougie_Thompson