Darren's Music Blog has got a lengthy interview with Peggy about the upcoming Winter Tour, the new-look Cropredy Festival and plenty of other interesting Fairport-related stuff - including the answer to the biggest question: 'have you got a favourite...
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Here's what they say: "HIT CHANNEL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: April 2024. We had the great honour to talk with a legendary musician: Dave Pegg. He is best known as the bass player of folk rock pioneers, Fairport Convention for 55 years. From 1979 to 1995 h...
Peggy writes: "I'm so pleased that “Off the Pegg” is now available as an e-book on Amazon. Thanks to Martin Walker for proof reading and correcting some stuff and we're now able to make it available again as an e-book you can read on your Kindle...
Discover music has put together a list of the best 20 progressive rock bassists of all time and Peggy is delighted to find himself at number 10. According to the website: "The bass player is traditionally the “quiet one” in a band – or as Spinal Tap’...
Peggy was recently interviewed via Zoom by Americana and the result is a fascinating, wide-ranging interview with plenty of stories that you won't have heard before. There's news about the current tour, plans for a new album in 2023 and of course - F...
'Off the Pegg' the book that myself and Nigel Schofield published has nearly sold out of its second print. We won’t be doing another run but maybe will do an audio book with some new content added. So, if you would like a copy of the printed ve...
This special collector's edition of bassplayer magazine lists Peggy at number four, ahead of the Eagles' Timothy B Schmidt and - by implication - many others. Fairport, Tull, The Uglys and Ian Campbell all get a mention. The magazine says: "VOTE FOR ...
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 ...
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 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! ...