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A team of hardworking Americans rebuilding an old house
Rebuilding America, Brick By Brick
ecthompsonmd September 13, 2026

The great Dolly Parton has passed. I hope I’m not the first one to break the news to you. She was clearly a unique person, full of joy and love. She was an incredibly talented songwriter. I’m sure everybody knows her story by now. She left her hometown in Tennessee at 18 and moved to Nashville the day after she graduated from high school. There are probably ten thousand similar stories of youngsters who dream of stardom, move to Nashville, and then fail. Dolly Parton did not fail. She had a string of country music hits, then crossed over to the

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Chuck Mangione
ecthompsonmd July 24, 2025

I saw Chuck Mangione at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas in 1987. It was around the time that I was graduating from medical school. He had a pure, fantastic sound. His hook was that he played the flugelhorn as his main instrument. BTW, the concert was wonderful. Chuck Mangione, an American flugelhorn and trumpet player and composer, passed away recently at the age of 84. He was a celebrated figure in the jazz world with a career spanning over six decades. Mangione gained prominence in the 1960s as a member of Art Blakey’s band and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with

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The Errington Thompson Show – Tribute to Miles Davis
ecthompsonmd April 30, 2025

Miles Davis‘ greatest album (in my mind) is Kind of Blue. It was recorded in 1959, and this is the 50th anniversary. So I call on my friend at Crooks and Liars, Mike Finnigan, a famous keyboard musician (has played with Dave Mason, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, and tons of others), to talk about Miles and everything that was happening around 1959.  This is a great conversation featuring some outstanding music from Duke Ellington, Clifford Brown, Art Blakey, and the Jazz Messengers. Because this was only a 20-minute conversation, we could not get to all the influences I wanted to discuss. There

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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A Letter to America

The Thirteeneth Juror

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