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The web address of the CD It's Been So Long. An original music project by guitarist Jamie Thompson.


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It's been so long is a smart musical journey...."Hot" licks mixed with "Cool" production...

- Roger Schultz

Holiday, FL

 

Dear Jamie & Judy, I love my CD It's Been So Long - What a blessing! Thank you for sharing your gift!

- Molly

Lansdale, PA

 

After every listen to "It's Been So Long", I walk around happily singing songs from it for hours.

- Jim Scobel

Pittsburgh, PA

 

This is great stuff. Almost like vintage but better! The best of rock mixed with actual thought, incredible progressions, beautiful guitar work and stylings.

- Kevinwould

Pennsylvania

 

Wow, awesome! I played It's Been So Long while I did the housework this morning.  Loved it, very Phil Keaggy-like. I Should have gotten your autograph so that when you're on the big stage I can say I knew you when... Congratulations on your accomplishment!  

- Michelle Delp

Ulster, PA

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Jamie's CD is a refreshing work of art! Crisp, clean and sensitive. His music has touched my heart and soul for the past 20 years and now I'm glad that I have the opportunity to listen to it anytime. His music is wonderful!

- MK Williams

Spring Mills, PA

 

Jamie, This is very refreshing. I am glad to have this CD and I wait with great anticipation for more. Best of luck.

- Sean

York, PA

 

When I heard It's Been So Long, and heard it again, I realized the amazing potential of these wonderful songs for ANY listener who enjoys music with a beautiful score and an intelligent edge.

- Kevin Kirwan

East Berlin, PA

 

Dear Jamie Thompson!
Thank You so much for perfectly brilliant CDs!!! We were glad and proud discover Your creation for us and for our audience, touch splendid It's Been So Long! Touch Your highest culture and mastery! Dear Jamie, thank You for joy of dealings with Your - such sincere, clean and clear, such wonderful - music! Please hand our very best wishes to Judy!
Much friendly love from Siberia
- Serge Tikhanoff, Radio Penguin

Siberia, Russia

 

A guitar-lover's dream. Jamie cooks a complete menu of different guitar textures and serves up all your favorites in here...  from melodic phrasing to electric soul, acoustic melancholy, and rock 'n' roll punch! Genuine artistry with more than enough craft to hold your interest after many repeated listenings. But the fretwork is only the backdrop in support of some masterful, original songwriting. Each song plays as a journey  -sustained by a thoughtful production quality and made richer by the contributions of good vocalists and musicians. Lots of neat surprises!

 - Robert Lange

Chestnut Ridge, NY

 

I can put It's Been So Long on repeat and listen to it over and over again all day. This recording is deep! No matter how many times I listen to it I never get tired of it because each time I find myself discovering something new... some subtle nuance, some tiny little sound that I didn't notice before. In a music world where everything on the radio sounds like it was squeezed out of the same digitized, sterilized, formulized tube, discovering It's Been So Long has restored my faith that something good can still happen! Long live the Indie Artist movement!

- Jon Smucker

Lancaster, PA

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Inspiring, challenging, pleasing, exciting, AWESOME are just a few of the words that come to mind when I think about describing It's Been So Long. This wonderful compilation of songs was created with Jamie's usual meticulous care and attention. His guitar work -- acoustic and electric -- is dazzling (how's he do dat?) and the vocal harmonies are tight and sometimes spine-tingling. It's Been So Long is also a great disc to listen to under headphones ... lots of cool things you might miss otherwise.

- David Young

New Ipswich, NH

 

Great CD! My favorite has to be "It's Been So Long," the title track, but the whole CD is wonderful. Try the free downloads!

- Kelly Bryan

Richmond, VA

 

Hey Jamie, I finally got a chance to put the attention I wanted to your beautiful CD.
Thanks again for sending that, it is very impressive. Your guitar voice is still
very unique and tight. The inspiration you feel comes through all the music and
it really takes on a vision and presence that gives me a great sense of who you've become and I appreciate that and applaud you. The production values on that thing are excellent. My favorite is "The Lamb." I hear inklings of Yes and Grateful Dead, but
there is much there that is your very own. Thank you again for the impressive inspiration and the chance to hear you play and sing again. Take care, 

- Larry Dansky

Glenside, PA

Hello Jamie & Judy!

Your CD that I purchased last week is AWESOME!! I am impressed! Beside all your talents, I believe the Holy Spirit is going to touch all those who listen. It's hard to explain how I feel when I play the music. It's like I've known you both a very long time and these songs were meant to be. They make me feel peace and joy. The exception being The Price, which brings tears to my eyes. And for a girl who went to hundreds of Rock n' Roll concerts, I must say you're right there with the best of them, Jamie, on Let Him Reign. It ROCKS! When my husband heard it this morning he said, "Who's that you're listening to - Alvin Lee?" No joke! Then Nomad is a great "cruisin" tune, Just makes me want to take a road trip. In closing, thank you for using your time, talents and life for Jesus Christ.

A Fan Forever,

- Janis Banes

Green Lane, PA

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The new album It's Been So Long by Jamie Thompson has what I always looked for in the music of the Beatles and John Lennon. When coming home from a long hard day I find myself putting the CD on to relax. Judy's voice is the perfect compliment to Jamie’s song styles and has a soothing, healing effect on me. I also find it such a delightful treat to hear songs like Let Him Reign, a piece that exemplifies Jamie's mastery of the guitar. This collection of songs will have you searching, testing and realizing the truths and meanings we all know are in the fabric of life. At an early age Jamie had distinguished himself in our old neighborhood as the area's finest musician, dedicated and unswerving and once again he has proved to us with It's Been So Long that these qualities in him are enduring. He also reminds me of the path I'm walking, why I walk it, and I need that on a daily basis. Having known Jamie for over thirty years, it's a wondrous journey trying to fit his past with his present. Songs like The Price, which speaks to the problem of abortion in our nation. Nomad, inspired by Jamie's destinationless relocation to California in 1982. And the final closing skit, Leave a Message - a dedication to our mutual Firesign Theater past and a personal greeting to me, his longtime friend and collaborator on many creative projects. Thank you, Gerry!! This album is his sweetest fruit to date coming from a tree that holds immense potential for musical artistry. I stand greedily under it's bows awaiting the fall of its next juice laden fruit. Keep doin' it to our heads, Jamie!

- Philip Schmohl

Fredericksburg, VA

 

The website looks excellent and I'm groovin' on the music!! Love them old guitars!! God bless.

- Billy Goodman

Heidelberg, Germany

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