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Daring Adventures, with a rich sound, markedly different production and use of American session players, was perceived by some as evidence of Thompson's increasing "Americanisation".

It may be surprising that the great man of British folk-rock has lived in America for the past 30 years.Nevertheless, Rafferty kept his side of the bargain and presented the album to several record companies – none of which expressed interest in signing the Thompsons. Women took him there: his second wife, Nancy Covey, booked his first solo tour in the US in 1981 as his marriage to Linda was crumbling. As regards effects, he has made significant use of modulation and vibrato type effects pedals, most notably the Univibe and emulations thereof.

A year later he worked with early music expert Philip Pickett on the acclaimed Bones of All Men which fused renaissance tunes with contemporary music. In 1986, he released Daring Adventures, which was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Mitchell Froom. Joe Boyd – who had been Linda’s boyfriend before Richard, and who had got back together with his friends to produce Shoot Out the Lights – knew her better: “She said to me, ‘I’ve lost a husband, I’m fucked if I’ll lose the tour as well.It involves Richard’s conversion to Sufism, a move with their two young children to a rural commune without hot water and electricity, subsequent adultery during pregnancy, and a traumatic tour after their breakup where Linda kicked Richard in the shins while he played guitar solos (it’s known by their fans as The Tour from Hell). He played a solo which quotes from Django, from Charlie Christian, you know, an incredibly sophisticated little solo. Perhaps one impact of devolution is a rekindling of interest in British culture, including folk music, in its many forms. The resulting album, First Light, was warmly received by critics [18] but did not sell particularly well.

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