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Fairport Convention are often credited with being the first English electric folk band. Formed in April 1967, Fairport rapidly developed from playing cover versions of American 'west coast' style music to an individual style which melded rock music with traditional English tunes and songs. The lineup of their most celebrated album, Liege & Lief, comprised Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Swarbrick, and Richard Thompson. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Simon John Breckenridge Nicol, born October 13, 1950, Muswell Hill, North London is an English folk rock guitarist and singer. ... Dave Pegg was born on 2 November 1947 in Birmingham, England. ... Ric Sanders (born in Birmingham, U.K.) is a British violinist who has played in jazz-rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. ... Chris Leslie (b 1956) is an English folk musician. ... Gerry Conway (born September 11, 1947 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk) is an English rock drummer, best known for having performed with the band Jethro Tull during the 1980s. ... Ashley Stephen Hutchings (born January 26, 1945) is a folk musician. ... Dan ar Braz at Lorient Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras (1949, Quimper, Brittany), is a Breton guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes. ... Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. ... David Rea (January 19, 1831 - June 13, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. ... Dave Swarbrick with Martin carthy and Diz Disley (1967). ... Iain Matthews (known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, and from the late 1960s until 1989 as Ian Matthews) is an English musician and songwriter. ... Jerry Donahue (born September 24, 1946, Manhattan) is a guitarist who played for such bands as Poet And The One Man Band, Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, Joan Armatrading and more recently, the Hellecasters. ... Judy Aileen Dyble (born 13 February 1949 in London) is a British singer, best known as the original vocalist with Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1968. ... Maartin Allcock (born 5 January 1957 in Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire, England) is a multi-instrumentalist. ... Martin Lamble (1950–1969) was the drummer for British folk rock band Fairport Convention from just after their formation in 1967 until his death in the Fairport Convention van crash in 1969. ... Roger Hill is the actor who played Cyrus in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Trevor Lucas (December 25, 1943 - February 4, 1989) was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the genre. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... In between recording and releasing Unhalfbricking, tragedy struck. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Ashley Stephen Hutchings (born January 26, 1945) is a folk musician. ... Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. ... Simon John Breckenridge Nicol, born October 13, 1950, Muswell Hill, North London is an English folk rock guitarist and singer. ... Dave Swarbrick with Martin carthy and Diz Disley (1967). ...

Affected by numerous personnel changes throughout its first decade, Fairport Convention was temporarily disbanded in 1979 but played annual reunion concerts until they reformed in 1985. Since then, they have enjoyed stability and continue to tour and record regularly. See also: Musical groups established in 1979 Record labels established in 1979 1979 in music (UK) // Stevie Wonder uses digital audio recording technology in recording his album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants. ... See also: other events of 1985 Musical groups established in 1985 Record labels established in 1985 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny...

In part, the continuing success of Fairport Convention is due to the annual music festival the band organises. Cropredy Festival has been held every year since 1977 near Cropredy, a village five miles north of Banbury, Oxfordshire and attracts 20,000 fans. Now renamed Fairport's Cropredy Convention, it remains one of the key events in the UK folk festival calendar. Cropredy Festival is an annual festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... , Cropredy is a village in Oxfordshire in England, five miles North of Banbury. ... , The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...

BBC Radio 2's Sold On Song TOP 100 songs as voted for by Radio 2 listeners put their early song "Meet On The Ledge" at Number 17. They had performed "Meet on the Ledge" on the 1969 launch of "From the Roundhouse" (a short-lived BBC-TV youth and arts programme about the London "underground scene"). In 2002 the band was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and in 2006, Liege & Lief was voted the most influential folk album of all time in a public ballot, also run by the BBC. BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and the most popular station in the UK. As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in all regions above local radio stations. ... See also: 2002 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2002 Record labels established in 2002 // 2002 was marked by significant trends in rock music. ...

History: 1967–1979

Fairport Convention played their first concert at St Michael's Church Hall in Golders Green, North West London on 27 May 1967. Based in suburban north London, the group had coalesced around a bass guitar player and bandleader named Ashley 'Tyger' Hutchings. , Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top Look up North in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1967 was an important year for psychedelic music, with releases from Small Faces Itchycoo Park,The Doors (The Doors, Strange Days), Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxters), the Beatles Sgt. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Ashley Stephen Hutchings (born January 26, 1945) is a folk musician. ...

The musicians convened for rehearsals at a house named Fairport, in Muswell Hill, North London the family home of rhythm guitarist Simon Nicol. Thus was born the name of a band that has endured for over four decades. As well as Hutchings and Nicol, there was lead guitarist Richard Thompson and Shaun Frater on drums. However, that initial line-up only played the one gig. A young drummer, Martin Lamble, was in the church hall audience and he convinced the band that he could do a better job than the incumbent. It was the first of a flurry of line-up changes that characterised Fairport's first fifteen years. , Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey It is situated 6. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top Look up North in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Simon John Breckenridge Nicol, born October 13, 1950, Muswell Hill, North London is an English folk rock guitarist and singer. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

The group soon augmented its line-up with a female singer, Judy Dyble (born Judy Aileen Dyble, 13 February 1949, in Wood Green, North London), which set it apart from the dozens of other bands springing up from the fast-moving youth culture of that summer. Fairport found no shortage of work and was soon a regular act at underground venues such as The Electric Garden, Middle Earth and UFO. The band had only been playing a few months when they caught the ear of Joe Boyd who secured them a contract with Polydor Records. Boyd suggested they augment the line-up with another male vocalist and so Iain Matthews (who had changed his surname from MacDonald and was spelling his forename 'Ian' at the time) joined the band and the first album, Fairport Convention, was recorded in late 1967 and released in June 1968. Later the band would play with folk guitarist Nick Drake, who also had connections with Joe Boyd. Judy Aileen Dyble (born 13 February 1949 in London) is a British singer, best known as the original vocalist with Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1968. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer. ... 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ... Iain Matthews (known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, and from the late 1960s until 1989 as Ian Matthews) is an English musician and songwriter. ... Folk song redirects here. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ... Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer. ...

At this early stage, Fairport looked to America (Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan) for material and inspiration. "The two lead vocalist approach appealed to us," Matthews recalls, "and because of our name and onstage presence, lots of people thought we were American, and we were not about to attempt to dispel that presumption." This led to the band being dubbed 'the British Jefferson Airplane'. The album did not sell many copies, and Boyd got them signed to Island Records. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... Island Records is a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. ...

By the time the second LP, What We Did On Our Holidays, was released Judy Dyble had been replaced by Sandy Denny, a folk singer who had previously recorded as a soloist and with Strawbs. The third album, Unhalfbricking, featured a guest appearance by Birmingham folk fiddler Dave Swarbrick. This album, like its predecessor, mixed original material with contemporary songs by artists such as Mitchell and Dylan. This does not cite its references or sources. ... The Strawbs are a rock band founded in 1964 in England. ... Unhalfbricking, released in 1969, was the third album by British band Fairport Convention. ... This article is about the British city. ... Dave Swarbrick with Martin carthy and Diz Disley (1967). ...

Radio DJ John Peel was a staunch champion of Fairport's music. He played the band's albums on his influential BBC shows. Peel also recorded a number of BBC sessions which were later released as the album Heyday. For other persons named John Peel, see John Peel (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

Folk rock

Rock journalist Ritchie Unterberger writes in his book Eight Miles High:

"Prior to 1968, rather incredibly, there was not a single British rock group that played electric folk-rock consistently and well. It is thus not too surprising that the band to become roundly acclaimed as the best British folk-rock group, Fairport Convention, took its initial inspiration from American folk-rock, particularly the guitar-oriented California sort."

Although folk-rock was well-established in the USA by 1968, Fairport Convention was the first English band to concentrate on bringing rock instruments and rock arrangements to traditional songs. Initially, the British press (and Fairport Convention's members) titled this mixture electric folk but the term 'folk-rock' soon became the norm, although it is a broader category than electric folk. Therefore, although other bands in the UK were experimenting with the folk-rock genre (including Strawbs and Pentangle), Fairport Convention are widely credited with 'inventing' British folk-rock. Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Pentangle is a British folk rock (or folk-jazz) band. ...

However, Fairport Convention was also developing in other ways. As as well as revivals of traditional material with modern instrumentation and rhythms, bandmembers were increasingly composing original material and Richard Thompson had developed into a talented and inventive guitarist. Fairport Convention even entered the singles charts with "Si Tu Dois Partir", a French-language version of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go". The record just missed the top twenty but got the band (with guest triangulist, John Peel) a slot on Top Of The Pops, Britain's most popular television pop music programme at the time. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...

Tragedy

On 12 May 1969, Fairport's van crashed on the M1 motorway on the way home from a gig in Birmingham. Martin Lamble - just 19 years old - and Jeannie Franklyn, Richard Thompson's girlfriend, were killed. The rest of the band suffered injuries of varying severity. The young musicians nearly decided to call it a day. But they didn't, and once recovered they went back into the studio. Matthews had left the band by then and Dave Mattacks took over the vacant drum stool. The resulting LP, Liege & Lief, was a classic. This was arguably Fairport Convention's finest album and it established British folk-rock as a distinct and influential genre. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... This article is about the British city. ... In between recording and releasing Unhalfbricking, tragedy struck. ...

Liege & Lief was launched with a sell-out concert in London's Royal Festival Hall late in 1969. Dave Swarbrick had made a big contribution to the project and he now joined the band full-time. Liege & Lief was given an award at Cropredy 2006, with most of the former members picking up the award. Frank Skinner presented the award. The Royal Festival Hall reopening celebrations The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. ... // Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. ... For other persons named Frank Skinner, see Frank Skinner (disambiguation). ...

1970s - major changes

Despite the triumph of Liege & Lief, founding member Ashley Hutchings, who was to become the reigning intellectual of the folk-rock movement, quit to form Steeleye Span. To compound Fairport's problems, Sandy Denny also left the band. Dave Pegg took over on bass guitar and has been in the band ever since, an unbroken stint of 34 years. Sandy Denny was essentially irreplaceable, so the band decided to continue without a female singer. Steeleye Span are a British folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ...

All the band members and their families moved in to The Angel, a former pub in Hertfordshire. There was nearly another tragedy when a runaway lorry crashed into the building. Dave Swarbrick was rudely awakened as the truck demolished his bedroom, leaving him unhurt but covered in rubble. For the similarly named county in the West Midlands region, see Herefordshire. ...

The next Fairport album was Full House; soon after its release Richard Thompson left the band. Simon Nicol was now the only original member. Dave Swarbrick developed a folk-rock opera called Babbacombe Lee and life in the ex-pub inspired the LP Angel Delight. The two albums were the first time the same Fairport line-up had recorded consecutively: every other release had seen changes in personnel from its predecessor. Babbacombe Lee was a success, and received good air play in the United States. Babbacombe Lee is Fairport Conventions only concept album. ...

Simon Nicol left Fairport early in 1972, followed by Dave Mattacks, although both would rejoin later. That left the two Daves, Pegg and Swarbrick, holding the band together. The following few years were dubbed 'Fairport Confusion' as a bewildering sequence of band members came and went, but by 1973 Mattacks had returned and two former members of Sandy Denny's Fotheringay had joined the band, Denny's Australian husband Trevor Lucas (vocals/guitar) and American Jerry Donahue (lead guitar). The next two studio albums were Rosie (1973) and Fairport Nine (1974). The folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. ... Trevor Lucas (December 25, 1943 - February 4, 1989) was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. ...

Denny rejoined Fairport Convention in 1974 and there were considerable expectations, including commercial expectations, on this lineup. Denny was featured on the album Rising For The Moon, but left again in 1976, as did Lucas and Donahue. During the Rising sessions, Mattacks was replaced by Bruce Rowland. Rowland, Pegg and Swarbrick fulfilled their remaining contractual obligation to Island Records by recording the album Gottle O'Geer as Fairport (as opposed to Fairport Convention) with various session players and production by Simon Nicol, who subsequently rejoined the band. Having come to the end of the contract with Island Records, Fairport signed up with Vertigo. By now, the line-up had stabilised with Nicol, Swarbrick, Pegg and Rowland, but after two of four contracted albums, Vertigo wanted out: in fact, the label ended up paying Fairport Convention not to make albums.

Sandy Denny died aged 31, in 1978, of a cerebral haemorrhage after falling down a flight of stairs. A cerebral hemorrhage is a condition in the brain in which a blood vessel leaks. ...

1979

In 1979 the band had no record deal and Dave Swarbrick's hearing was deteriorating rapidly. Fairport decided to call it a day. The band did a farewell tour and played a final outdoor concert on 4 August in Cropredy, the Oxfordshire village where Dave and Christine Pegg lived. No record company wanted to release the live recordings of the tour and concert so the Peggs started Woodworm Records and released it themselves. is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... , Cropredy is a village in Oxfordshire in England, five miles North of Banbury. ... Fairport Convention disbanded (temporarily as it turned out) in 1979, partly because Dave Swarbricks hearing was deteriorating. ...

After a year, Fairport Convention staged a reunion concert in Cropredy and the annual Cropredy Festival was born. Over the next few years, it grew rapidly. Soon Fairport was staging New Year gigs and playing in Scandinavia. The Peggs continued to record and release the Cropredy concerts as 'official bootlegs'. Meanwhile, Dave Pegg had joined Jethro Tull which gave him a well-paying steady gig, and was the first of several Fairport players who played in both folk rock preceptors. Cropredy Festival is an annual festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... For the 18th-century agriculturist after whom the band was named, see Jethro Tull (agriculturist). ...

Simon Nicol had teamed up with Dave Swarbrick in an acoustic duo. In 1985 both Pegg and Nicol had some spare time. Dave Mattacks was free too. They decided to record an album of new material in the Peggs' studio.

In 1983 the magazine "Fairport Fanatics" was founded. In 1987 it changed its name to Dirty Linen, which is still running. The magazine is named after an instrumental set by the band. Dirty Linen is a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland. ...

Post-1985

Dave Swarbrick declined to join the new band, so violin virtuoso Ric Sanders, formerly of Soft Machine and The Albion Country Band, was invited to participate. Multi-instrumentalist Maartin Allcock was also recruited and the five-piece recorded Fairport's only all-instrumental album Expletive Delighted. For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... Ric Sanders (born in Birmingham, U.K.) is a British violinist who has played in jazz-rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. ... For the book by William S. Burroughs, see The Soft Machine. ... This is an article about the English folk band, for other bands/artists named Albion see Albion (disambiguation) The Albion Country Band, (also known as The Albion Band) were an English folk band. ...

With their mix of old stagers and new blood, this proved to be Fairport Convention's longest-lasting line-up - eleven years.

In the early nineties, a four-piece acoustic line-up emerged, the two versions of Fairport running in parallel. Woodworm continued to record and release the band's studio albums and live 'boots'. Martin Allcock left in the mid-1990s and was replaced by Chris Leslie on mandolin and fiddle. Chris proved to be a talented songwriter and has made a significant contribution to the band's repertoire. This article is about the musical instrument. ...

In 1998, Dave Mattacks moved to the USA and Gerry Conway, who had travelled a parallel musical road to Fairport for 30 years, took over on drums and percussion.

Into the 21st century

The new century found Fairport in fine form. Concert halls were full and records were selling surprisingly well. The year 2000 was marked by the very successful 'Y2K' tour and a new studio album, The Wood And The Wire. In 2002, Fairport Convention celebrated 35 years as a band and released a new album, titled XXXV. They also commissioned Fairport-branded 'Anniversary Ale', a bottled beer from Wadworth Brewery (the band was always known for a willingness to hoist a few). The band undertook a gruelling schedule, touring the UK, Europe, Australasia, Europe, the USA and Canada. Wadworth is a Brewer in Devizes, United Kingdom. ...

Fairport Convention won the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Their seminal album Liege & Lief was voted 'Best Folk Album Ever' by Radio 2 listeners. Free Reed Records, an independent label, released Fairport Unconventional, a four-CD boxed set of rare and unreleased recordings from the band's 35-year career in 2002. The band had achieved legendary status, "outliving" scores of similar musical aggregations. BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and the most popular station in the UK. As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in all regions above local radio stations. ...

Fairport Convention are still one of the busiest bands on the folk-rock scene in the UK. The current line-up of Simon Nicol (lead vocal, rhythm and electric guitars), Dave Pegg (backing vocals, bass guitar, mandolin), Ric Sanders (violin), Chris Leslie (lead vocal, fiddle, bouzouki, mandolin) and Gerry Conway (percussion and drums) still packs venues on its frequent tours.

In 2004, the band staged a major fundraiser at Birmingham Symphony Hall for Dave Swarbrick — who received a lung transplant — and played summer dates at home and abroad. Symphony Hall is a 2,262 seat concert venue located inside the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, England. ...

In August 2004, the band's new own-brand label, Matty Grooves Records (the name is a pun on an old murder ballad sung memorably by Sandy Denny on Liege & Lief, "Matty Groves"), released the album Over The Next Hill and Free Reed Records released a four-CD boxed set, Cropredy Capers. In October, Fairport toured the USA and Canada and the year would end with tours by the four-piece acoustic line-up and spin-off band The Dylan Project.

In February 2007, Matty Grooves Records released the band's new album Sense of Occasion to celebrate their 40 years of music.

On 10 August 2007, to great acclaim, the band performed the whole of the Liege & Lief album live at Fairport's Cropredy Convention featuring the 1969 line-up of Dave Swarbrick, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson, with Chris While taking the place of Sandy Denny. In between recording and releasing Unhalfbricking, tragedy struck. ... Dave Swarbrick with Martin carthy and Diz Disley (1967). ... Ashley Stephen Hutchings (born January 26, 1945) is a folk musician. ... Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. ... Simon John Breckenridge Nicol, born October 13, 1950, Muswell Hill, North London is an English folk rock guitarist and singer. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

The 2007 Fairport's Cropredy Convention was filmed for release as a DVD. The footage included crowd scenes, interviews with festival-goers and much of Fairport's closing set on the Saturday night. The Liege & Lief set was not filmed, however. The DVD was released on Fairport's Matty Grooves label in early 2008. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... In between recording and releasing Unhalfbricking, tragedy struck. ...

Although many amateur videos of Fairport's performances have been uploaded to YouTube during the past three years, the band's first 'official' YouTube video appeared in April 2008. Edited from footage shot for the DVD, the nine-minute mini-documentary includes interviews with Lulu, Jools Holland, Seth Lakeman, Mike Harding, Geoff Hughes and Frank Skinner. YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ...

Band members

The 2008 line up of Fairport Convention is:

• Simon Nicol (guitar, lead vocal): 1967 - 1971, 1976 - present
• Dave Pegg (bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocal): 1970 - present
• Ric Sanders (fiddles, occasional keyboards): 1985 - present
• Chris Leslie (fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki, lead vocal): 1997 - present
• Gerry Conway (drums and percussion): 1998 - present

The following musicians have been members of Fairport Convention: Simon John Breckenridge Nicol, born October 13, 1950, Muswell Hill, North London is an English folk rock guitarist and singer. ... Dave Pegg was born on 2 November 1947 in Birmingham, England. ... Ric Sanders (born in Birmingham, U.K.) is a British violinist who has played in jazz-rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. ... Chris Leslie (b 1956) is an English folk musician. ... Gerry Conway (born September 11, 1947 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk) is an English rock drummer, best known for having performed with the band Jethro Tull during the 1980s. ...

• Ashley Hutchings (bass guitar) 1967 - 1969
• Bob Brady (piano) 1976
• Bruce Rowland (drums) 1975 - 1984
• Dan Ar Braz (guitar) 1976
• Dave Mattacks (drums, keyboards) 1969 - 1972, 1973 - 1975, 1985 - 1997
• David Rea (guitar) 1972
• David Swarbrick (fiddle, mandolin, vocals) 1969 - 1984
• Iain Matthews (vocal) 1967 - 1968
• Jerry Donahue (guitar) 1972 - 1975
• Judy Dyble (vocal, autoharp, recorder) 1967 - 1968
• Maartin Allcock (guitar, mandolin, keyboard, vocal) 1985 - 1996
• Martin Lamble (drums) 1967 - 1969
• Paul Warren (drums) 1972
• Richard Thompson (guitar, vocal) 1967 - 1971
• Roger Burridge (fiddle) 1976
• Roger Hill (guitar) 1972
• Sandy Denny (vocal, piano) 1968 - 1969, 1974 - 1975
• Tom Farnell (drums) 1972
• Trevor Lucas (guitar, vocal) 1972 - 1975

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Discography

See Fairport Convention discography

See also

• Music of the United Kingdom
• Folk rock
• Pentangle

Music from the United Kingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when a wave of British musicians helped to popularise rock and roll. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Pentangle is a British folk rock (or folk-jazz) band. ...

External links

• Fairport Convention's website
• Fairport's PR and associate agency (Iconic Music and Media)
• 2005 interview with Simon Nicol
• BBC Radio Two Folk Awards 2006
• Talking Elephant - The UK Record Label

Interviews

• Five-Part 35th Anniversary Interview in Innerviews by Anil Prasad
• Guitar Player Magazine Interview

Fan sites

• Expletive Delighted fansite .
• Fiddlestix: Australian Friends of Fairport
• Another extensive fan site (Daniel Walton)

References

This article share its genesis with material in the public-domain source on Fairport Convention's website (see 'External links' above).

• Humphries, Patrick (1982). Meet on the Ledge: A History of Fairport Convention. London: Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 0-906008-46-8. 
• Humphries, Patrick (1997). Meet on the Ledge. London: Virgin Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 0-7535-0153-8.