From the Strange Brew website: "Dave Pegg of Fairport Convention looks over his musical career. We cover his roots in the 1960s Birmingham musical scene, playing with Nick Drake, Jethro Tull and stories from Fairport over the last 50 years."Here's a ...
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A message from Georgia Rose: Dear Fairport Friends,Well it’s been at least eight months in the making - maybe more - and it’s one of the biggest projects I’ve ever done, but I’ve finally finished the Masters of Folk poster.Stage one was sketchin...
Talking Elephant has re-issued two classic Fairport-related albums. First, there's Steve Ashley's Family Album; second is Maart's OX15 solo album. Family AlbumRemastered with two extra tracks, Steve Ashley’s Family Album (originally released and...
Dear Fairporters,We have an update regarding Cropredy following the PM’s announcement on Monday.The increasing number of cases of the Delta variant and the announcement of a 4-week delay to Step 4 has placed all remaining festivals this summer in a v...
Here's the latest video from the Internet supergroup that is Anthony John Clarke, Julia Porter, Dave Pegg and Nigel Watterson. Says Peggy: "In order to record I have to play back the film of AJ and Julia on my laptop with headphones on and play along...
Peggy's been in the 'studio' again, working up this version of Bob's anger management classic Positively 4th Street. The recording features Anthony John Clarke, Julia Clarke, Peggy and John Watterson. These recordings are fantastic and a great way to...
Here's some great TV footage of Peggy playing with Jethro Tull on Italian TV and also featuring Maartin Allcock on keys. Recalling the appearance Peggy says he has no memory of it! After the first track (Locomotive Breath) an award is presented and, ...
Peggy got together with pals Anthony John Clarke, Julia Clarke and Fake Thackray (a.k.a. John Watterson) to record this version of Bob Dylan's Things Have Changed. Note that for this song, Peggy's playing electric lead guitar - a Fender Strat - while...
Peggy writes: "My first gig with Jethro Tull. This is audio only I'm afraid, but I managed to get through the gig and even sneak in one of my tunes. This was at the Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens in front of 15,000 people. And me wearing brown trousers! ...
I had a request from Dan Boyd who does a podcast from Georgia in the U.S.A. specifically for senior citizens. I am one, and when I had eventually sussed how to get Zoom working - this was the result. Have a listen even if you are not a senior c...