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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...
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  • Fairport Convention is Fairport Convention's debut album. The band formed in 1967, with the original line-up consisting of Richard Thompson (guitar); Simon...
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    Fairport's Cropredy Convention (formerly Cropredy Festival) is an annual festival of folk and rock music, headed by British folk-rock band Fairport Convention...
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  • Folk rock group Fairport Convention is usually credited as the first British folk rock band. Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such...
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  • 1970 album by British folk rock group Fairport Convention, their fifth since their debut, Fairport Convention in 1968, and their first without a female...
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    Dave Swarbrick (category Fairport Convention members)
    as Fairport Convention's leading figure and guided the band through a series of important albums until their temporary disbandment in 1979. Fairport Convention...
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  • Sandy Denny (category Fairport Convention members)
    singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer"...
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    Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band formed by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater...
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    Dave Pegg (category Fairport Convention members)
    He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk and rock groups including...
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  • Unhalfbricking (category Fairport Convention albums)
    Unhalfbricking is the third album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and their second album released in 1969. It is seen as a transitional...
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    Richard and Linda Thompson and five studio albums as a member of Fairport Convention, as well as a number of fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks...
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  • Fairport Live Convention is a 1974 live album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention originally released in 1974 by Island Records. It was recorded...
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  • What We Did on Our Holidays (category Fairport Convention albums)
    Our Holidays (released as Fairport Convention in the United States) is the second album by British band Fairport Convention, released in 1969. It was...
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    Richard Thompson (musician) (category Fairport Convention members)
    1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founded in 1967. After departing the group in 1971...
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  • Nine is a 1973 album by the British folk rock group Fairport Convention. It is their ninth album since their debut in 1968, and the second to include...
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    Simon Nicol (category Fairport Convention members)
    record producer. 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...
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  • Fairport may refer to: Fairport, California Fairport, Iowa Fairport, Michigan Fairport, Missouri Fairport, New York Fairport, North Carolina Fairport...
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    Dave Mattacks (category Fairport Convention members)
    band Fairport Convention. He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road accident on the M1 motorway, as the drummer for Fairport Convention...
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    Ashley Hutchings (category Fairport Convention members)
    was a founding member of three noteworthy English folk-rock bands: Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. Hutchings has overseen numerous...
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    professionally for a time. She made some guest appearances with Fairport Convention during this period. She also worked as a librarian. With her husband...
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    Iain Matthews (category Fairport Convention members)
    singer-songwriter. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthews Southern...
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    Chris Leslie (musician) (category Fairport Convention members)
    (born 15 December 1956) is a British folk rock musician. He joined Fairport Convention in 1997. Leslie grew up in Banbury, Oxfordshire. His brother John...
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    owned Hannibal Records. Boyd has worked on recordings of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String...
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  • on several record labels. Denny was the lead singer of the group Fairport Convention, and fronted the band through several of their most highly regarded...
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    Gerry Conway (musician) (category Fairport Convention members)
    the 1970s, with Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and was a member of Fairport Convention from 1998 to 2022. Conway also worked as a session musician. He was...
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  • Liege & Lief (category Fairport Convention albums)
    Liege & Lief is the fourth album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. It is the third album the group released in the UK during 1969, all...
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    Fairport Convention Fairport's Cropredy Convention over the years. Appearances after 2016 can be found in the article Fairport's Cropredy Convention....
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    Camden Town, made an impression on Ashley Hutchings, bass player with Fairport Convention. Hutchings recalls being impressed by Drake's guitar skill, but even...
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    Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo...
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  • record label created in 1979 to enable the British folk-rock band Fairport Convention to release their album Farewell, Farewell. The album was a recording...
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