Songwriters’ Circle : RICHARD THOMPSON, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III & SUZANNE VEGA | Albums That Should Exist

Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega & Loudon Wainwright III - Songwriters' Circle, BBC, London, Britain, 9-26-2010

Paul says : In my constant search for more BBC material, I've come across some unusual things. Such as this. It's a concert where Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, and Loudon Wainwright III were all on stage the whole time together and took turns playing their own songs. But the other two didn't just sit and listen when it wasn't their turn. They'd practiced some in advance, or often sang or played guitar. Thompson, in particular, is an excellent lead guitar player and frequently added his guitar skills to the songs by the other two. It's a very interesting three-way musical interaction by three great musical artists.

Apparently, this "songwriter's circle" is something the BBC has been doing since at least the 1990s. The format is always the same, bringing three musicians together to take turns playing songs. I'll try to post more, but these are hard to find since they don't get the interest a show by just one artist does, yet they aren't various artists shows with tons of different acts either. If you have any others, please let me know.

This show is officially unreleased. But, as you'd expect from the BBC, the sound quality is excellent. You can watch the whole thing on YouTube.

This album is an hour and four minutes long.

00 talk 
01 Keep Your Distance 
02 talk 
03 Marlena on the Wall 
04 talk 
05 One Man Guy 
06 talk 
07 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 
08 talk 
09 Luka 
10 talk 
11 Dead Man
12 talk (
13 Down Where the Drunkards Roll 
14 talk 
15 Frank and Ava 
16 talk 
17 House 
18 talk 
19 I Feel So Good
20 talk 
21 Gypsy 
22 talk 
23 Be Careful There's a Baby in the House 
24 talk 
25 Genesis Hall
26 talk 
27 Tom's Diner 
28 talk 
29 The Swimming Song 

As Paul listed a link to this from the Songwriters’ Circle series featuring Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III and Suzanne Vega  I thought it worth posting it properly here . . . . click the link above or in the original post to go there its really worth it . . as Paul mentions this series is under exposed and its like the BBC didn’t really know what to do with it and tucked it away on a dusty shelf but it pays off if you find them . . . .