ALAMOSA – Legendary singer-songwriter, guitarist, and accompanist of folk legend Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson, will be performing at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 23, at Society Hall.

Doors will open at 6:30. Tickets for the show are $20 and available online at societyhall.org or in person at the Green Spot in Alamosa. The concert will also stream on the Society Hall Facebook page and You-Tube channel.

“We've been wanting to get Verlon to Society Hall ever since we opened the doors,” says Don Richmond, local musician, record producer and Society Hall board member. Richmond continues, “Besides being a fantastic guitarist, he's a truly great songwriter and performer, plus he was Guy Clark's right-hand man for decades, and he's got the stories to prove it!”

Songwriters seem to flourish on the fertile Oklahoma plains. Woody Guthrie, Roger Miller, Leon Russell, J.J. Cale and Jimmy Webb. Add Thompson to that list. Thirty years as a professional songwriter and traveling troubadour serve as credentials. As a solo performer, and as the trusted sidekick of Texas Americana songwriting icon Guy Clark, Thompson has viewed the world from stages everywhere from Barcelona to Binger (his hometown in Oklahoma).
Along the way Thompson compositions have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley, Anne Murray, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Trisha Yearwood and many more.

Thompson has co-produced Guy Clark's Grammy nominated cd "Cold Dog Soup" as well as "The Dark", "Workbench Songs" and "Somedays the Song Writes You". 

Equally important in his songwriting and live performances, Thompson's guitar work cannot go unnoticed. His guitar can be heard on recordings by Restless Heart, Pam Tillis, and many more, including, and especially Guy Clark. He was honored to contribute to the score of the Tamara Saviano documentary “Without Getting Killed or Caught”, the story of Guy and Susanna Clark and Townes Van Zandt.

In 2019, Thompson hosted his own 13-episode TV show called “Barnegie Hall”. Filmed at his converted barn-home in rural Tennessee, the show aired nationally on PBS and received rave reviews.
Society Hall is at the corner of 4th Street and Ross Avenue in Alamosa.