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Fairport
Convention at Bath.
6-27-70.
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played an excellent show , parts of which were available on boot many years
ago.I know its out there somewhere!
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Dave Swarbrick . ©Ken Feureman contact |
Although I was there, the only solid recollection I have of this set is of Fairport being delivered to the stage by The Hells Angels, who drove through the crowd to get them there, causing some commotion. They were a godsend as we had been waiting for fresh musicians for some hours, as by then Joe Jammer were beginning to wear decidedly thin ....... |
However once installed in the front, the Angels were loath to go and they camped out there for most of the Saturday ( one of the reasons why I did not venture down there until Sunday when the Byrds , Tuna and Airplane were on and the Angels had minced off into the night).
Fairport were a pretty high energy act at this time with Swarbrick and Thompson more than making up for the absence of Sandy Denny ( instrumentally , not vocally of course) .If you are interested in what the band were like in those days there is a good film of Fairport from this era , filmed at Maidstone with a far smaller audience ,which shows the 1970 line-up in action. Well worth seeking if you are a fan of the band.
Richard Thompson- guitariste extraordinaire and bassist Dave Pegg - was this their biggest audience ever ? Certainly it was with this line-up , but Fairport did play Knebworth with Led Zeppelin in 1979- the audience was probably bigger at that show . |
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This rare photo of Fairport on-stage at Bath courtesy of Ian Morrison .The presence of the TV camera indicates that video footage of the bands set does exist , although whether it would be included in a festival video release would be debatable.
Probable set list: Tapes from this time indicate Fairport playing the following songs. Its very likely their set included most of these tunes. Walk Awhile was definitely played at Bath, it has featured on a bootleg .
Walk Awhile.
Dirty Linen (a dead cert for this size audience)
Staines Moriss.
Lark in the Morning.
Medley of Jigs /reels.
Now Be Thankful.
Matty Groves.
Banks of the Sweet Primroses.
Fatback Caper.
Sloth.
Tam Lin.
Sir Patrick Spens.
