Happy Halloween!
Original Audio - Sandy - Vocals
Live from 2007 - Chris While - Vocals
Showing posts with label Fairport Convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fairport Convention. Show all posts
Thursday, November 1, 2012
After Halloween
Well I'm a day late for Halloween. I was going to post Sandy Denny's "After Halloween", but couldn't find a video for it, so I'll post Fairport Convention's version of "Tam Lin" which occurs around Halloween.
Happy Halloween!
Original Audio - Sandy - Vocals
Happy Halloween!
Original Audio - Sandy - Vocals
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Now Be Thankful
Song For Today
Happy Thanksgiving!
Fairport Convention from Maidstone an outdoor concert from 1970.
Dave Swarbrick - Lead Vocals
Richard Thompson - Guitar
Simon Nicol - Guitar
Dave Pegg - Bass
Dave Mattacks - Drums
In looking for the chords online, what I find doesn't seem to match up.
For one thing, Simon is capoed on the fifth fret, and at 1:49, Richard appears to be reaching for a G chord.
These look a little better for what Richard is playing.
I haven't sat down to try and figure it out myself, but I may give it a try.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Fairport Convention from Maidstone an outdoor concert from 1970.
Dave Swarbrick - Lead Vocals
Richard Thompson - Guitar
Simon Nicol - Guitar
Dave Pegg - Bass
Dave Mattacks - Drums
In looking for the chords online, what I find doesn't seem to match up.
For one thing, Simon is capoed on the fifth fret, and at 1:49, Richard appears to be reaching for a G chord.
These look a little better for what Richard is playing.
I haven't sat down to try and figure it out myself, but I may give it a try.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Babbacombe Lee
The year was 1971, and Fairport Convention released its seventh album, Babbacombe Lee. The album was based on newspaper clippings that Dave Swarbrick found in a junk store. The newspaper clippings were about John “Babbacombe” Lee, a man who was convicted of murder in 1884, and was to be executed. Three times he was taken to the gallows, and three times the trap failed to open. John Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment, and finally released in 1907.
In 2011, 40 years after the album was released to less than critical acclaim, Fairport Convention plays the entire album at its winter shows and at their annual festival at Cropredy.
Babbacombe Lee is a “folk-rock opera”, and as such, suffers from some of the problems that rock operas face, linking material that goes nowhere, and songs that cannot be played without the whole opera being performed.
The Hanging Song 1972
However, in my opinion, I consider the album to rank up there with Liege and Lief, and Full House. By 1971, Fairport had gone through many personnel and stylistic changes. Sandy Denny had been gone for two albums, and Richard Thompson had left after Full House. What it had going for it was Dave Swarbrick. Not only was the idea his, he composed or arranged, and sang most of the songs. I happen to be a fan of Swarb’s voice. He has a distinctive sound, which I find very appealing. I would have to say that of all the singers that went through Fairport, his vocals are second only to Sandy Denny's.The playing on the album is solid and holds its own. Swarb’s fiddle and mandolin along with Dave Pegg’s mandolin are the defining sounds on the album.
The Sailors Alphabet 1982
Too bad I couldn’t get to England for the shows…
Breakfast in Mayfair 2008
If you're interested in more info on John "Babbacombe" Lee, there are a number of sites about him.
Here are a few;
While you're at it, check out this English Folk-Rock Forum for reviews of the 2011 Cropredy shows, and anything to do with Fairport Convention and other English Folk-Rock groups. Also take a look at Fairport Convention's website
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