Artist: Dave Swarbrick: mp3 download Genre(s): Folk Dave Swarbrick's discography: Swarbrick/Swarbrick Vol.2 Year: 1999 Tracks: 26 Dave Swarbrick is one of England's most influential fiddlers. As a extremity of Fairport Convention, between 1970 and 1979, Swarbrick was instrumental in the band's transformation from Byrds-style folk-rock band to its focus on updating the jigs and reels on Great Britain. Although he's continued to perform at the Fairport Annual Reunion Festival in Cropedy, Swarbrick has successfully explored a sort of outside projects as a soloist, a duette cooperator of Martin Carthy, Simon Nicol, Alistair Hulett, and Pete Hawes, and a member of tradition-rooted bands Whippersnapper and the Keith Hancock Band. Piece he ab initio studied forte-piano, Swarbrick was directed to the fiddle by piano player Beryl Marriott in the 1950s. Sharpening his musical skills with the Ian Campbell Folk Group, in a twosome with British guitar player Martin Carthy, and as accompanyist for British folklorist A.L. Lloyd, Swarbrick released his debut solo album, Rags, Reels & Airs, in 1967. A guest fiddler on Fairport Convention's record album, Unhalfbricking in 1969, Swarbrick was a fully fledged member when they recorded their succeeding album, Luik & Lief the following year. He continued to be an essential phallus of the band for intimately a decade. In addition to playing galvanising fiddle with the banding, Swarbrick contributed various original songs and sang lead on such tunes as "Rosie." The group's electric coming, however, resulting in severe auditory modality loss. Since going Fairport in 1979, Swarbrick has concentrated on acoustic medicine. In the early '80s, Swarbrick toured with Fairport Convention guitar player and vocalist Simon Nicol, transcription 2 albums -- Fold to the White Bear in 1981 and Close to the Wind in 1984. Swarbrick celebrated his fiftieth birthday with a concert on April 6, 1991, at Birmingham Town Hall that featured many of the musicians from his past tense. In summation to a sic by Beryl Marriott's Ceili Band, the evening featured performances by the Ian Campbell Folk Group, Martin Carthy, and Fairport Convention. Highlights from the evening were released as Folk on 2 in 1996. Swarbrick was too featured on deuce couple albums that class: Saturday Johnny and Johnny the Rat was recorded with Alistair Hulett, a Glasgow-born guitarist reality Health Organization spent 17 days in Australia, spell Secrets, Vows and Lies was recorded with Australian guitarist Pete Hawes. |