DAVE SWARBRICK R.I.P.
R.I.P. Dave Swarbrick - Sad to hear after long struggles with poor health the master of the electric violin and central figure to folk-rock with Fairport Convention especially, the fiddle player par excellence has passed away at age 75
Big O has some wonderful stuff not least the Cropredy concert from 2007 which is a stormer of a set and what Fairport Convention were all about
If nothing else listen to Tam Lyn from 2007!
Big O notes his passing thus:
Big O notes his passing thus:
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DAVE SWARBRICK R.I.P. 1941-2016Musician Dave Swarbrick, best known for his work with influential folk group Fairport Convention, has died on June 3, 2016. He was 75. Known as “Swarb”, the musician performed mainly on the violin; and wrote and arranged songs for their albums - including on the influential electric folk album Liege & Lief - and performing with them up until they disbanded in 1979. The band posted a tribute on their website which said Swarbrick “had been seriously ill for some time”. He had struggled with health problems after being diagnosed with emphysema in the 1990s. Blur guitarist Graham Coxon was one of a number of musicians to pay tribute to Swarbrick, tweeting early footage of him playing mandolin with Martin Carthy with the message: “Very sad… Bye, Dave and thanks!” - BBC
Fairport Convention drummer Bruce Rowland died of cancer on June 29, 2015. He was 74. While the group had many members over the years, one of the most prominent was Sandy Denny, who passed away in 1978 at the age of 31.
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Fairport Convention
Cropredy
Festival 2007
Richard Thompson
Simon Nicol
Dave Mattacks
Ashley
Hutchings
Dave Swarbrick
Chris While - vocals
FAIRPORT
CONVENTION
Evanston 1975
+Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Bruce Rowland
Dave Swarbrick
FAIRPORT
CONVENTION
Worcester 1974
+Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Jerry Donohue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Oops nearly missed one . . . . . this was also posted at Big O and is well worth exploring . . . . . .
Oops nearly missed one . . . . . this was also posted at Big O and is well worth exploring . . . . . .
Dave Pegg - bass, vocals
Dave Swarbrick - fiddle, vocals
Simon Nicol - guitar, vocals
Bruce Rowland - drums
Dave Swarbrick - fiddle, vocals
Simon Nicol - guitar, vocals
Bruce Rowland - drums
Great sounding set and none the worse for a song local to me here in 'The Eynsham Poacher' Eynsham being a mere walk away from where I live now, well a horse ride away, well I haven't got a horse, a rabbit hop away? Well let's be content with a hop,skip and a jump away?
Dave's composition for Sandy Denny
Farewell, farewell - Fairport Convention (official Video)
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