The Poojer Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Pretty much Music royalty (literally in England). My weekly Free at Noon show. 500 people tops and as many shows as I've seen in my life, his 50 minute show probably ranks in my top 5. His voice, his songwriting and most surprisingly his acoustic guitar playing... holy crap. He has a new album coming out next Friday and if you are a fan of the singer/songwriter genre, it HAS to be added to your library. I was expecting a lot today, he far surpassed my expectations 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 17 hours ago, The Poojer said: Pretty much Music royalty (literally in England). My weekly Free at Noon show. 500 people tops and as many shows as I've seen in my life, his 50 minute show probably ranks in my top 5. His voice, his songwriting and most surprisingly his acoustic guitar playing... holy crap. He has a new album coming out next Friday and if you are a fan of the singer/songwriter genre, it HAS to be added to your library. I was expecting a lot today, he far surpassed my expectations Have you listened to his early music with Fairport Convention? If so what did you think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 On 9/7/2018 at 3:43 PM, The Poojer said: Pretty much Music royalty (literally in England). My weekly Free at Noon show. 500 people tops and as many shows as I've seen in my life, his 50 minute show probably ranks in my top 5. His voice, his songwriting and most surprisingly his acoustic guitar playing... holy crap. He has a new album coming out next Friday and if you are a fan of the singer/songwriter genre, it HAS to be added to your library. I was expecting a lot today, he far surpassed my expectations I saw him with Fairport Convention a LONG time ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 10 hours ago, Greybeard said: Have you listened to his early music with Fairport Convention? If so what did you think? Oh heck yeah. Loved Fairport Convention. That being said, 40 years later he was so good to see him. He's an incredible guitar player and he has a very good stage presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 16 hours ago, rockpile said: I saw him with Fairport Convention a LONG time ago! In 1970 I bought the Liege and Lief album based solely on a full page add I saw in Rolling Stone. I soon fell in love with Sandy Denny's voice and purchased the two previous Fairport albums. Fotheringay is one of my favorite Denny compositions, between her voice and the excellent guitar picking. She left the group later in 1970 but returned in 1974. So sometime during her second stint with them, Fairport was in Syracuse at the Landmark theatre. No way I was going to miss that. It was a great concert and she was great live. The entire band was. That may have been the same tour that you saw them on. These days if a band like that played both Syracuse and Rochester I would attend both concerts. In all the many branches that Fairport Convention spawned, I followed her's the most. I initially followed Thompson but somewhere along the way I lost track of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I've seen him a couple times- that dude is a monster on the guitar! (fun show and good songwriting too. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I was having one of those Youtube nights, looking mostly for Sandy Denny video's when I came across this. Should be of interest to all you Richard and Linda Thompson fans. At 2:21 there is a poster of the chronicles of Fairport. The members certainly played in a large number of bands. I would really like to get a copy of that. I don't think I could come up with a band that had more members pass through that were really talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Greybeard said: I was having one of those Youtube nights, looking mostly for Sandy Denny video's when I came across this. Should be of interest to all you Richard and Linda Thompson fans. At 2:21 there is a poster of the chronicles of Fairport. The members certainly played in a large number of bands. I would really like to get a copy of that. I don't think I could come up with a band that had more members pass through that were really talented. John Mayall/Bluesbreakers immediately came to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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