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

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

https://www.upload.ee/files/15852812/ThompsVegaWainw_2010_SongwritrsCircleBBCLondnBritain__9-26-2010_atse.zip.html

The album cover is a screenshot taken from the YouTube video of this concert. I used Photoshop to move Wainwright closer to the other two.