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Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig). [1] They started out influenced by American folk rock, with a set list dominated by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell songs ...
1 day ago · Rehearsing “free-form jams” in a room on the floor above Nicol’s father’s medical practice – in a house called Fairport – the addition of drummer Martin Lamble and, soon after, 17-year-old singer Judy Dyble, led to them opening for Pink Floyd at the UFO club and other like-minded hippie minstrels at Middle Earth.
Oct 20, 2022 · This year sees the 55th anniversary of Fairport Convention, prime architects of the UK’s folk-rock movement and a band that has left an indelible mark on British music. Here, founder member and guitarist Simon Nicol traces the band’s origins from the perspective of his own musical journey…
Feb 26, 2020 · February 26, 2020. By. uDiscover Team. Photo by Jim McCrary/Redferns. Widely accepted as being the first great English electric folk group, Fairport Convention is that and far more. It would be...
May 21, 2024 · The Fairport Convention legend was forged between 1967 and 1979 – 12 years, 16 albums, umpteen line-ups and four exhausted people at the end of it. In August 1980, the last line-up – Simon Nicol, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg and Bruce Rowland – reunited for a day in a farmer’s field in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, establishing the iconic ...
Jun 23, 2017 · Paul Sexton. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention will continue to mark their 50 th anniversary at their annual Cropredy Convention festival from...
Apr 20, 2022 · The band went through a lot of personal changes over the years. I mean, they are still going, which is fantastic, with at least two or three original members. And they're still a great band.
