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== Biography ==
Thompson was born in [[Orange County, North Carolina]] on December 9, 1918.<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues – A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=281 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> His father John, a fiddler, and uncle Walter, a [[banjo]] player, performed at local [[square dance]]s and corn shuckings.<ref name=tradition>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastersoftraditionalarts.org/artists/328|title=Joe Thompson|website=masteroftraditionalarts.org|accessdate=January 19, 2017}}</ref> At seven years-old, when Thompson took up the fiddle himself, he closely observed his father's techniques which were rooted in [[old-time fiddle|old-time]] African tradition.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qL3RkMTRx1YC
After serving in a segregated unit during the [[Second World War]] and as the popularity for traditional string band music waned, Thompson stopped playing the fiddle to work in a furniture factory as a rip saw operator for 28 years.<ref name=times>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/arts/music/joe-thompson-dies-at-93-fiddler-of-string-band-legacy.html|title=Joe Thompson dies at 93; Helped preserve the black string band|website=nytimes.com|author=Martin, Douglas|accessdate=January 19, 2017}}</ref> In 1973, musicologist Kip Lornell, then a recent college graduate, heard rumors about Joe and Odell Thompson's mastery of the old-time style and urged the duo to make a comeback. Thompson and Odell began performing as the New String Band Duo across the United States and abroad, becoming popular fixtures at [[folk music|folk]] festivals. Among the notable gigs the duo played at included [[Carnegie Hall]], the [[National Folk Festival (United States)|National Folk Festival]], the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Tennessee Banjo Institute.<ref name=tradition/><ref name=post/>
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