Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana is the last album by Sierra Leonean highlife and palm wine musician S. E. Rogie, featuring the double bassist, Danny Thompson.
Between 1989-93, he was a member of Danny Thompson's group Whatever, playing on the album Elemental (1990).
Richard and Danny Thompson have continued to collaborate in concert and increasingly on record, but this remains the only non-bootleg record of their live work as a duo.
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Thompson had appeared with double bass player and now-regular collaborator Danny Thompson at the Crawley Jazz Festival in 1993.
The Danny Thompson Memorial Tournament, benefiting leukemia and cancer research
Ayers produced the album, with his then manager Dave Vatch in England and was accompanied by an impressive cast of musicians, including Mike Oldfield, Ollie Halsall, Danny Thompson, BJ Cole, Mark E. Nevin and other members of Fairground Attraction.
After two years of constant line-up changes, guitarist Dave Brock (the only member who has remained since the band's formation) settled on a line-up of himself, guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton, keyboardist Harvey Bainbridge bassist Alan Davey and drummer Danny Thompson (son of Pentangle's bassist Danny Thompson).
Additional personnel were: Phil Palmer, David Rhodes (acoustic and electric guitars); B. Heinrich-Keat (electric guitar), Clive Bell (Thai flute, khene, crumhorn); Carrie Booth (piano); Danny Thompson (double bass); Matthew Seligman, Robert Bell (bass); Martin Ditcham (percussion); Suzanne Murphy, Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold (backing vocals).
Featured musicians are Donovan (vocals and acoustic guitar), Tony Carr on percussion, Harold McNair on flute and arrangement and Danny Thompson on bass.
The 1994 tour marked the debut of a new look, smaller live band for Thompson with multi-instrumentalist Pete Zorn and the rhythm section of Dave Mattacks and Danny Thompson (no relation) providing the backing.
Hunter S. Thompson | Danny Glover | Danny DeVito | Danny Kaye | Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson (musician) | Fred Thompson | Danny Boyle | Tommy Thompson | Danny Thompson | Thompson | Danny Boy | Danny Elfman | Danny Dyer | Thompson submachine gun | Thompson River | James R. Thompson | Danny Bonaduce | William Hale Thompson | Emma Thompson | Danny Phantom | Thompson Twins | Thompson Square | Dorothy Thompson | Danny Way | Danny John-Jules | Danny Aiello | Jenny Thompson | Gina Thompson | Francis Thompson |
As a project partner, he’s played with the jazz/songwriter/Indian music project Dizrhythmia (with Danny Thompson, Gavin Harrison and Pandit Dinesh ), the Henry Cow spin-off project The Lodge (with John Greaves and Peter Blegvad) and the British progressive rock band The Tangent.
After the launching of his website and three new releases within two years, Donovan entered the studio with a new band including his longtime friends Danny Thompson on bass and Jim Keltner on drums.
Gary Barnacle, Andy Longhurst, Arran Ahmun, Ben Hoffnung, Bernie Clarke, Betsy Cook, Bub Roberts, Chuck Sabo, Danny Thompson, Taif Ball, Dave Knopfler, Forest Thomas, Graham Edwards, Jane James, Joel Bogen, John Munroe, Mick Jackson, Nick Williams, Pino Palladino
Aside from McNabb, the only other musicians on the album were Waterboys Mike Scott and Anthony Thistlethwaite, and legendary bassist Danny Thompson.