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Danny Thompson, Bassist Who Defied Folk Conventions, Dies at 86

A bedrock of the idiosyncratic British group Pentangle, he went on to play with a host of luminaries, including Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton and Kate Bush.

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Deaths (Obituaries), Drake, Nick, Folk Music, Jansch, Bert, Jazz, Pentangle (Music Group), Pop and Rock Music, Renbourn, John (1944-2015), Thompson, Danny (1939-2025)
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