August 4, 1999
Hello Mr. Thomson,
Just letting you know I received your New Hampshire Hornpipe CD
and I love
it! Have you ever performed here on Long Island by any chance?
Thanks and good day!!!!!
C. R.
Commack, New York
April 22, 1999
Ryan,
I am really enjoying the cd! (New Hampshire Hornpipe) Tell me
about your cajun cd... Are there vocals? I am specifically seeking
music that I can ride my horses in rhythm with the music?
That means 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time? Some of the pieces on the cd
I purchased from you are suitable and extremely original and fun!
Thank you very much!!
D.W.
Groton, NY
September 3, 1998
Its really nice to know the inspiration for "March to Culloden."
I listened to it last night with the repeat button set and it
must have played for two or more hours. I really enjoyed hearing
it! You are now on my Scottish Shelf with Battlefield Band, Charlie
Zahm, Andy Stewart, Sill Wizard et al.
R.T.
Chelmsford, MA
Celtic Beat - Dedicated to Traditional and Progressive
Celtic Music, December 1998:
Ryan Thomson shows himself as a composer of great promise in this
new CD. The tunes are fiddle pieces, created with dance in mind.
This album is part of Ryan's long journey back from an injury
to his right arm which would have finished off the fiddling of
a lessor spirit. Ryan switched to the left arm -- and has since
been growing and improving ever since. He sounded even better
in Nashua. One cannot help but cheer and applaud Ryan Thomson.
The compositions I liked on the CD were "Trip to Tarrytown,"
which is indebted to Irish tradition, as is also "Jig for
Joe Leary." Nana's Birthday Polka" and the "Funky
Jig" owe a debt to Scottish Country dance tunes. (Ryan has
often been a regular at Strathspey and Reel Society Events) Perhaps
the most autobiographical is the excellent composition "New
Hampshire Hornpipe" so clearly out of the repertoire of Ryan's
other bands: the Crawdad Wranglers and the Swing Pirates. Ryan
is accompanied here by the gang from Crawdad Wranglers: Percussionist
Paul Mangion, Bonesman Steve Brown, Bass Guitar Jeff Lind, also
Susie Dean Miller on Guitar and Piano, and Mike Serpa on Bodhran.