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since 2005, playing with guitarists including

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. He has played on Ferry's solo tours, festival dates and recording projects since he began working with him at age 17. He played on Ferry's 2007 solo album ''

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'' and was the principal guitarist on the 2010 ''

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'', which also featured

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. He toured with

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in 2013 for '' The Jazz Age''. When asked in a 2013 interview about his favorite guitarists to work with, Ferry said, Thompson was given his first guitar at 13 and soon started playing in his first band White Vinyl (2003–2007). He then started the band Rubber Kiss Goodbye (2008–2011) where he was the singer, songwriter and guitarist. The latter also included Bryan Ferry's son Tara Ferry on drums and Peter Perrett Jr. (previously of the band

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) on bass. Festival appearances for Rubber Kiss Goodbye included the 2009

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(2010) in Brighton, England, and the Lodestar Festival in Cambridgeshire, England (2011). In 2013, he started his first solo project, under his first two names Ollie Forrest. He launched his first single in London on 20 June 2014, featuring the songs "Gun To Your Baby" and "Wild's Rent".

Bryan Ferry studio albums

* ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Avonmore'' (2014)

References

External links

Ollie Forrest at Soundcloud.com

Ollie Forrest's "Gun To Your Baby", February 2014
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of a show at the

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. November 2013.

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SXSW on Grooveshark, featuring Rubber Kiss Goodbye's "We See Lights"
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Rubber Kiss Goodbye's "We See Lights"
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