I wonder if Pete Thompson is not actually a storyteller, a poet, dressed up in a musician’s guise. His songs have a narrative feel: characters, settings, dialogue, journeys… his story or Everyman’s? At a recent gig he said: I was thinking about this song and I realised it was actually about me… again. Well, yes, stemming from him but tapping in to common human experiences: loneliness, drifting, searching for understanding, choices, responsibilities, courage, faith… The lyrics are powerful, often playful, occasionally bawdy, always brutally honest and they seem to me to stand alone. And yet there is something mesmerising in his voice, something compelling in his performance. The music lends a rhythm, an intensity; it gives permission to release the emotion that words alone would perhaps deny. His live performances are charged with feelings – anger? frustration? sadness? – that find their release and reach out to an audience held spellbound and silent… Maybe he’s got it right after all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OTHER PETER THOMPSON (Canadian Folk Singer) A whole life in his CD Author: Lucy Purdy: Special Date: May 16, 2007 http://www.simcoe.com/article/37942 Peter Thompson, a Barrie lawyer and singer-songwriter, has spent the last 25 years building up enough material for his debut CD, Taking a Dive (Heart First), a compilation of songs reflective on the various stages of his life. Released in April, the 14-trac

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