An update on the summer of 2012 ..........
 
    Verlon traveled to Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Dallas, Ft Worth, Kentucky, Oklahoma, San Francisco, Greece and beyond. The class at the Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio was magical. Funds and awareness were raised for Radnor Lake at the Granny White Moo Grass Jam, at the Red Shoes Event for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for the children of Maury County, the Nashville Rescue Mission, Tennessee Chapter of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and more. The Americana Music Awards were a highlight when "This One's for Him - A Tribute To Guy Clark",  won Album of the Year. 2012 will end with dates in Texas, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, and Memphis. Plans are under way for a new VT recording in 2013. 

Verlon will be teaching a songwriting class at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch Oct. 12-15, 2012. Click here  http://www.furpeaceranch.com/instructors/verlon_thompson.html  to find out how to join us.  Amazing things happen in these classes (writing "The Guitar"!).

Jan. 2012 - Click on the follwing links to hear Verlon's appearance on the Bob Edwards Radio Show. Bob did a great interview and his producers and editors did a brilliant job editing the stories together with Verlon's live performance along with tracks from the "Works" cd.
Verlon-Bob-Edwards-Part-1.mp3
Verlon-Bob-Edwards-Part-2.mp3
Verlon-Bob-Edwards-Part-3.mp3

April 20, 2011 -  "WORKS" is now available for purchase or download. Please go to the 'Music' page.
 "WORKS" is also now available on itunes. (bio/review for WORKS)

Dec 5, 2010 - After the CMA and IBMA nominations earlier in the year, Verlon has more good news. Guy Clark's "Somedays The Song Writes You"  which Verlon co-produced for Dualtone Records, has received a 2010 GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Also.....Dierks Bentley's performance (with Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson) of "Bad Angel" has received a 2010 GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 13, 2011.

Sep 2, 2010- The Dierks Bentley recording of Verlon's "Bad Angel" (written with Suzi Ragsdale) has been nominated for the 2010 CMA "Musical Event of the Year" award. Dierks' version of the song also features Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson. The awards show will air on ABC on Nov. 10th.

http://vimeo.com/23045781

"The Guitar" (above) was written by Verlon and Guy Clark with help and inspiration from the guys in the Fur Peace Ranch guitar/songwriting class. The video was produced by genuine human productions.

Aug. 2010 - "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" a song Verlon wrote with Sam Bush and Guy Clark has been nominated for the Internatrional Bluegrass Music Assocation's Song of the Year Award. The song appears on Sam's "Circles Around Me" cd on Sugar Hill Records. The awards will be handed out September 30th, 2010 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Unfortunately Verlon will be on the road in Charleston S.C. that night....and is planning an extra special rendition of "Stringbean" for the folks.
Win or lose Verlon is proud and honored to be in the running.
 

Verlon's song "Bad Angel" has been recorded by Dierks Bentley for his Capitol Nashville CD entitled "Up On The Ridge".
The CD is a bluegrass and roots inspired project co-produced with stellar musician and songwriter Jon Randall.  Dierks 
sings "Bad Angel" with some help from Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson on vocals and some of the finest bluegrass
pickers in the business. "Up On The Ridge" release date is June 2010. In this video Verlon performs "Bad Angel" with two
of his heroes and friends, Shawn Camp and Mike Bub at the 2010 Suwanee Springfest.
   Thank you Dierks and Jon!
          








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>>>>>>>The player to the right will feature a variety of demos, worktapes and rough takes....some old, some new...whatever I feel like sharing at the moment. These tracks are not downloadable or for sale. They're just for fun and to show some of the twists and turns I take and the kind of walls I bounce off of in the writing process. Enjoy "The DemoListen Derby".

8/09
Verlon's song "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" (written with Sam Bush and Guy Clark) will be on Sam Bush's  new Sugar Hill Records release. "Circles Around Me" will be released Oct 20th, 2009. Thanks to Sam and congratulatiuons on receiving the upcoming Americana Music Association's "Lifetime Acheivement Award".

Verlon's song "Mexico's Daughter" (written with Frank Serio) has been recorded by The Del McCoury Band for their next release. Thanks to Del and the boys! More details later.

6/09    Verlon's pasture was the perfect setting for shooting the upcoming video for  "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle", the true story of the murder of an Opry legend. Stay tuned.

This version of "Caddo County" is a spontaneous performance shot in my friends back yard in Austin Tx.