Fairport Convention's Dave Swarbrick dies at 75

[greendog]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/03/dave-swarbrick-obituary

The folk music fiddler Dave Swarbrick, who has died aged 75, was a formidable and intuitive musician who first made his mark with the Ian Campbell Folk Group in the early 1960s. With the folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy, Swarbrick formed the best-known folk duo of the 1960s, and as a member of Fairport Convention, he directed the band through its early folk-rock period, and emerged as a songwriter of distinction. Various other musical collaborations followed, but the duo with Carthy endured.

[greendog]

1. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - "Sovay"

[woodsprite]

2. Thanks for posting.

I love Fairport Convention and Steel Eye Span. Sorry to hear of his passing.

[MrScorpio]

3. Fairport Convention - "Autopsy" - Unhalfbricking (1969)

[Ghost Dog]

4. Thompson/Swarbrick: Sloth

[Special Prosciuto]

5. Walk Awhile

[Tom Kitten]

6. That is sad to hear

So many talented and legendary people passing this year...

Here is rowdy live version of Matty Groves from, I believe, 1977. Richard Thompson singing.

[WiffenPoof]

7. I'm a huge Tull fan...

I know that there was a lot of connections between FC and Full.

[rug]

8. Who knows where the time goes?