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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).
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Singer Iain Matthews (then known as Ian MacDonald) joined the band, and their first album, Fairport Convention, was recorded in late 1967 and released in June 1968. After disappointing album sales they signed a new contract with Island Records.
Origins. Bassist Ashley Hutchings met guitarist Simon Nicol in North London in 1966 when they both played in the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra. They rehearsed on the floor above Nicol's father's medical practice in a house called "Fairport" on Fortis Green in Muswell Hill – the same street on which Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks grew up. [11] .
He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band. He has also been involved with the Albion Band and a wide range of musical projects, both as a collaborator, producer and as a solo artist.
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 ...
Feb 26, 2020 · In the beginning, was the word, and all that, and Fairport Convention can trace their origins to friends Ashley Hutchings and Simon Nicol who rehearsed together in a house called...
Nov 15, 2017 · The first album to feature bassist Dave Pegg, a stalwart member of Fairport for the past 47 years, the album also marked the band’s regrouping after the initial departure of Sandy Denny, the singer largely responsible for Fairport’s wider success.
In 1989, founding member Simon Nicol was quoted by Greg Kot in the Chicago Tribune as reflecting, “ We weren ’ t into the ‘ moptop ’ or Mersey-beat sound; we wanted something with more meat on it. We also wanted to get away from the 12-bar [blues] format and into something more melodic.
