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Fairport Convention

English folk rock group

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. They started out influenced by North American folk rock, with a set list dominated by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell songs and a sound that earned them the nickname "the British Jefferson Airplane".

Vocalists Judy Dyble and Iain Matthews joined them before the recording of their self-titled debut in 1968; afterwards, Dyble was replaced by Sandy Denny. Matthews left later, during the recording of their third album.

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Fairport Convention

what: a band
from: London
since: 1967
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 7 songs

File card: Fairport Convention

members: Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Judy Dyble, Simon Nicol, Iain Matthews

formed in: London

labels: A&M Records, Island Records, Polydor Records

genres: traditional folk music, folk rock

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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" in Muswell Hill – on the same street where Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks grew up. The house lent its name to the group they formed together as Fairport Convention in 1967 with Richard Thompson on guitar and Shaun Frater on drums. After their initial performance at St Michael's Church Hall in Golders Green on 27 May 1967, they had their first of many line-up changes as one member of the audience, drummer Martin Lamble, convinced the band that he could do a better job than Frater, and replaced him. They soon added a...

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English folk rock band formed in 1967 in London. Also known as: Convention, F. Convention, Fairport, Fairport "Acoustic" Convention, Fairport Acoustic Convention From Discogs (free to use). Their entry