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CHECK IT OUT!!!-David Thompson's New Song-'Renegade Radio-XERF'

If you traveled the Texas, New Mexico, Arizona area in the fifties and early sixties about your only driving companion at night was the AM radio in your car. At that time there were only two stations that you could receive reliably out in the desert. One was 50,000 watt KOMA, a clear channel AM station out of Oklahoma City and the other was the legendary XERF, broadcasting from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, down highway 90 across from the border town of Del Rio, Texas. At times XERF was able to broadcast at 250,000 watts and was one of the famous or infamous 'Border Blaster' stations of that era. Much has been written about this station, from being the fabled starting place for Wolfman Jack, to the extremely eclectic programming, to the corruption, fighting and ultimate nationalization by the Mexican Ferderales trying to stop the criminal activity around the station and so much more, Songs such as 'Heard It On The X' by ZZ Top and others immortalized the legend, some stories true, some maybe a little exaggerated....., or not, who really knows? (Google XERF)

My mother is 87 years old and on her birthday in May I was asking her questions about dim events in my own childhood. I remembered traveling at night through that area in the fifties during a particularly bad dust storm. We had stopped at a gravel covered truck stop she said was in eastern Arizona to wait it out. Remember, this was before the interstates, so to pass the time we had the radio on searching for something to listen to. I recalled being in the back with my two brothers and my sister looking between the front seats and seeing the glow of the AM radio dial, like a 'Mystic Eye', and being in wonder at what was coming out of that speaker. That memory has never left me and is the basis of this song, 'Renegade Radio-XERF'. To hear a sample of this song go to; www.MySpace.com/DavidThompsonRider

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David Thompson

I have been involved in the music business as a singer/songwriter, guitarist/bass player, band leader/sideman for over 30 years in the context of a single or in duos, trios and larger acts.

During this time I have been a part of the playing, writing, recording and producing of several of the acts that I’ve been in, but since 1995 I have concentrated on my own writing and the recording of material that I have created. This has allowed me to complete and put out 3 CDs of my own songs.

I appear as ‘David Thompson & RIDER’ in a band context and have opened for Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon and a local signed act MadSide as well as several lesser known unsigned acts. I also appear as a singer/songwriter as either a single or in a duo context with a lead player. 2 of my songs ‘Lookin’ For My Baby’ and ‘Keep My Lovin’ Alive’ have been played on the ABC daytime drama ‘All My Children’ a total of 9 times on 8 episodes since July 14th of ‘03, the most current episode being Nov. 1st, 05 and I have had songs picked up by 2 publishers ‘Essential Music’ and ‘Transition Music’ for, hopefully, future placements (you’ve got to be an optimist in this business).

While I have enjoyed performing over the years with a full band it has been over the last 4 years that I have discovered the additional pleasure of performing my songs as a single or duo and the greater intimacy and connection with the audience that it provides. I can actually see eyes and expressions, which makes the performance more enjoyable for me and by extension for the audience.

I continue to write and record and to seek out live performance opportunities for myself and to promote ‘RIDER’ as an opening act for touring major name bands playing concerts in Northern Calif. It looks like my goal of getting my music out to the public is starting to be realized, but, there’s still a lot of hard work to do and additional goals to achieve, but, I truly believe that the odds are better than the lottery and besides, I think music is much more fun. I invite you to visit this website for more background info and feel free to contact me.

CHECK IT OUT!!!-David Thompson's New Song-'Renegade Radio-XERF'

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