Verlon Thompson
Verlon Thompson is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and troubadour from Binger, Oklahoma. He has long partnered with Guy Clark as a producer, guitarist, and song co-writer.
Biography
Thompson has released a compilation CD called Works.Thompson's original songs have been covered by many notable musicians, including:
- Randy Travis - Don't Take Your Love Away From Me
- Kenny Rogers - If I Were You
- Barbara Mandrell - You Know What I'm Not Talking About
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dancing to the Beat of a Broken Heart
- Sam Bush - The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle
- Trisha Yearwood - You Say You Will
- Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson - Boats to Build
- Suzy Bogguss - Cross My Broken Heart, No Good Way to Go
- Anne Murray - I Know Too Much, Overboard
- Del McCoury Band - Backslidin' Blues
- Keith Whitley - Lucky Dog
- Dierks Bentley, Jamey Johnson, and Miranda Lambert - Bad Angel
- Guy Clark - The Guitar
- Tracy Byrd - The First Step
- T. Graham Brown - Moonshadow Road
- The McCarters - Up and Gone
Thompson is married to broadcaster Demetria Kalodimos. Together, they created the television series Barnegie Hall in 2017.
Discography
Solo recordings
- 1990: Verlon Thompson
- 2009: Live at the Ivey's
- 2011: ''Works''
With [Guy Clark]
- 1992: Boats to Build
- 1993: Old Friends
- 1995: Dublin Blues
- 1997: Keepers
- 1999: Cold Dog Soup
- 2002: The Dark
- 2009: Somedays the Song Writes You
- 2011: Songs and Stories
- 2013: ''My Favorite Picture of You''
Suzi Ragsdale and Verlon Thompson
- 1993: Anything Goes
- 1995: ''Out of Our Hands''
Sue Cunningham and Verlon Thompson
- 2014: ''Find Your Angel''
As composer
- 1987: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Hold On" - track 7, "Dancing to the Beat of a Broken Heart", co-written with Wayland Holyfield.
- 1988: Randy Travis - Old 8x10 - track 7, "The Blues in Black and White"
- 1989: Suzy Bogguss - Somewhere Between - track 3, "I'm at Home on the Range" ; track 7, "Cross My Broken Heart"
- 1989: Randy Travis - No Holdin' Back - track 10, "Have a Nice Rest of Your Life"
- 1991: Billy Dean - Billy Dean - track 8, "Gone but Not Forgotten"
- 1991: The Oak Ridge Boys - Unstoppable - track 5, "If I Were You"
- 1991: Ronna Reeves - Only the Heart - track 3, "Ain't No Future In The Past"
- 1992: Holly Dunn - Getting It Dunn - track 4, "You Say You Will"
- 1992: Trisha Yearwood - Hearts in Armor - track 3, "You Say You Will"
- 1993: Suzy Bogguss - Something Up My Sleeve - track 10, "Something Up My Sleeve"
- 1993: Bobbie Cryner - Bobbie Cryner - track 1, "He Feels Guilty"
- 1993: Billy Dean - Fire in the Dark - track 3, "That's What I Like About Love"
- 1993: Beth Nielsen Chapman - You Hold the Key - track 9, "You Say You Will"
- 1993: Kenny Rogers - If Only My Heart Had a Voice - track 5, "If I Were You"
- 1994: Joe Diffie - Third Rock from the Sun - track 10, "Good Brown Gravy"
- 1994: Lari White - Wishes - track 5, "If I'm Not Already Crazy"
- 1996: Randy Travis - Full Circle - track 6, "Don't Take Your Love Away from Me"
- 1998: Pam Tillis - Every Time - track 10, "After Hours"
- 2000: Chad Brock - Yes! - track 10, "If I Were You"
- 2001: Suzy Bogguss - Live at Caffe Milano - track 6, "Cross My Broken Heart"
- 2003: Del McCoury Band - It's Just the Night - track 2, "Asheville Turnaround"
- 2004: Jimmy Buffett - License to Chill - track 2, "Boats to Build"
- 2007: Suzy Bogguss - Sweet Danger - track 3, "No Good Way to Go"
- 2010: Dierks Bentley - Up on the Ridge - track 6, "Bad Angel"
Also appears on
- 1985: Restless Heart - Restless Heart
- 1989: Hugh Moffatt - Troubadour
- 1994: Pat Alger - Notes and Grace Notes
- 1994: David Ball - Thinkin' Problem
- 1994: Tom Paxton - Wearing the Time
- 1994: Randy Travis - This Is Me
- 1994: Ian Tyson - Eighteen Inches of Rain
- 1995: Stacy Dean Campbell - Hurt City
- 1995: Pam Tillis - All of This Love
- 1997: Darrell Scott - Aloha from Nashville
- 1997: Joy Lynn White - Lucky Few
- 1999: Darrell Scott - Family Tree
- 2000: Clay Greenberg - Tumbleweed
- 2000: Jelly Roll Johnson - And a Few Close Friends
- 2005: Wayne Scott - This Weary Way
- 2010: Matt King - Hard Country
- 2010: Watermelon Slim - ''Ringers''