Guest Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Sadly Dave Swarbrick has passed away,The fiddle player who hailed from New Malden was a key member of Fairport Convention. Matty Groves will get an airing tonight- RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I saw Fairport Convention (with Swarbrick - and Nicol, Mattacks, Thompson, Pegg) at Leicester De Montfort in 1970. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Your knowledge of the music scene astounds me Ian ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 It seems that Ian has forgotten more than I ever knew, haha. Dave Swarbrick, R.I.P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Funny thing is gents,I knew zilch about Fairport Convention until I loaned an LP from the then new library on Angel Row. Great gateway band for English folk music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidA 153 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I remember the Daily Telegraph ran an obituary for him a few years ago by mistake. Unfortunately there is no mistake this time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 RIP Dave and thanks for some great memories............... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 As soon as I get my record player up and running again I shall play my Ian Campbell Folk Group LP. Dave played on that. Possibly one of his earliest recorded gigs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick Around 15-20 years ago, I walked into the Sunday night folk club in the upstairs room of the Eagle and Child, Billinge. I had no idea who, if anyone of note, was playing. It was a club which had swapped pubs a few times recently after quitting its origins in the now long gone Traveller's Rest in St Helens. I barely noticed the chap who took my small entrance fee on the door as I went to stand with my back to the bar, watching and listening to a couple of local lads playing something on fiddle and concertina. I also barely noticed the chap standing next to me, until a pause between songs had him turning to me and saying "They're good aren't they?" I looked at him and it slowly dawned.. (Very little quickly dawns with me these days..) that I was talking to British folk legend Martin Carthy. We went on to have a very interesting chat for a few minutes. He was a genuinely unpretentious and pleasant chap. Then he went up to what passed for a stage, to play and sing with the bloke on the door.. who was Dave Swarbrick. It was a magical evening. R.I.P. Dave. And thank you. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 A very fitting post Col. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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