Fairpoint Convention

Love Fairport and I've been privileged to call the current band members (Pegg, Nicol, Sanders, Leslie, Conway) good friends. While the studio recordings over the last 15 years aren't groundbreaking in the way the earliest catalog is, for musicianship and production they are my favorite.

No one mentions Annie Brigss? The one who started it all.

Well we could go back a little bit further than Annie and include the Chieftains but maybe they don't qualify since they're Irish and aren't strictly folk/rock, their repertoire spreads out a bit more. How far back can this go? So far as musicianship goes the Chieftains are right there with the best of them and still going strong. What's more wonderful is the staggering list of guest performers at their live performances.

How'd I do this time Roxy?

RIP Alan Hull. You were one of the greats who not many know about.

As a kid from the States, I wasn't plugged into the early UK folk/psych
scene at the time. (I'm not counting the acts that got famous, but some of
the more obscure ones). I've started to dig into this stuff and it is wonderful.
L&L and Unhalfbricking (or whatever that FC title is) are both wonderful- the
original island pink labels are pricey, but the pink rims can be found
relatively cheaply. I know someone who was very involved in this scene at
the time- he recommended that I read Joe Boyd's book, White Bicycles,
which was worthwhile. I've been digging into some of the more obscure
acts on Vertigo too- not exactly 'folk,' more psych/progressive- what an
interesting time in pop music. And stands up well today. Great fun to
discover what others already knew 40 plus years ago.