Thanks! I was unsure about this post initially, as it doesn’t address a specific historical topic. But it’s been a popular one, relatively speaking. Re: those book shelves, I trust you’ve gone home with a Sullivan tome or two…?
They were indeed formed in Muswell Hill at Simon Nicol’s parents’ house, “Fairport”. In the 1970s, Dave Swarbrick, and then Dave Pegg, moved to Cropredy in Oxfordshire. The band played a farewell concert there in ‘79 and have (with the exception of ‘81) staged the Cropredy Festival every year since then, very much becoming part of the Oxfordshire landscape.
Loved this post (and hello from Oxfordshire – I've often stood in front of those bookshelves pictured!).
Thanks! I was unsure about this post initially, as it doesn’t address a specific historical topic. But it’s been a popular one, relatively speaking. Re: those book shelves, I trust you’ve gone home with a Sullivan tome or two…?
I will pick one up next time I'm there!
I always thought Fairport Convention came from Muswell Hill, London N10.
They were indeed formed in Muswell Hill at Simon Nicol’s parents’ house, “Fairport”. In the 1970s, Dave Swarbrick, and then Dave Pegg, moved to Cropredy in Oxfordshire. The band played a farewell concert there in ‘79 and have (with the exception of ‘81) staged the Cropredy Festival every year since then, very much becoming part of the Oxfordshire landscape.