Sandy Denny & Fairport Convention anyone?

I hope this belongs in the folk group, I would think it do, often being british folksongs and dylan covers.


Any other fans of Sandy Denny?

Shes one of my faves, her voice is so sweet and perfect for her songs. For those that dont know her, shes the female voice on Zeps Battle of Evermore, and her solo work and recordings with Fairport Convention are as good or better than that one tune.


Listened to Leige and Leif last night for the ten-thousandth time. I cant pick just one song, but it was Reynardine that stood out on this listen.


I know Fairport still plays, and Richard Thompson is no slouch, doing some super work both with and after Sandy, plus his solo stuff. Fairport Convention shares a bassist with Jethro Tull, Dave Pegg doing double duty for them, and his son plays with Tull when hes touring with Fairport. How cool is that, my dads busy so I have to fill in for him with Tull!

Speak up Fairport & Sandy Denny fans, lemme know you are out there!

 

Yeah, it's pure folk (rock) so they surely belong here.

I love her vocals and the band. Some friends and I were planning to go to the Fairport Cropredy Convention this year but it didn't worked out. We're definately trying to go in 2006, I'd love to see them live once.
I think I love What we did on our holidays and Fairport Convention (without Sandy, but I just love some of the songs on that album) the most.

 

i love the fair port! sandys solo stuff is really good but i think it's a bit too perfect i like it abit more messy. but i love them both

 

I love the Fairport Covention stuff with Sandy Denny - esp. 'liege and lief' and 'un-halfbricking'.

I also have an old record of Sandy singing with the Strawbs, back in the 60's before either had become well known. Proto versions of some fairport classics, such as 'who knows where the time goes?' I have no idea if it's available on cd -

 

Liege and Lief is probably the greatest folk-rock album ever made.

"Come All Ye" is like their "Dance To The Music".
"Reynardine" is a very cerebral mix of indian and celtic music.
"Matty Groves" is like a medieval soap opera.
"Farewell, Farewell" is probably the only radio-friendly song on this album.
"The Deserter" is an inspiration for all draft dodgers.
"The Medley" is just good fun.
"Tam Lin" is probably the greatest wordplay narrative in folk-rock ever.
"Crazy Man Michael" is my theme song.

If you don't have the album... Get it right now!!!!!!! Your music tastes will change forever.

 

fairport convention is great

 

Liege and Lief is a great record - but - 'Reynardine' is an english not irish song, 'Matty Groves' was written in the 19th century, 'Tam Lin' derives from a much longer song 'the Ballad of Tamblane' (and another called 'the Game of Chess') recorded in the 50's by A.L.Lloyd.

 

I know that one as well. I think it has been released on cd, but I'm not sure. Great album! Especially the song Nothing else will do.

 

The lyrics for Tam Lin were actually derived from a Robert Burns poem.

 

Which one? Certainly not Tam O'Shanter.


I think actually this song goes back further than the 18th c.

 

Well I know that from a Radio Announcer who said that the song's lyrics were based on a Robert Burns poem. It might not be though. I don't really know, I still have trouble finding any info.

 

I knew it was a traditional, Ive heard other versions of TamLin. But Sandy has the best voice for it!

 

I can't find anything by Burns resembling Tamlin. My guess is that the radio dude was incorrect - it's probably a confusuion with 'Tam O'Shanter' - which is a semi-comical poem about halloween - written like all Burn's work in Scotts dialect - almost another language.
On the sleeve notes of 'the best of A.L.LLoyd' - who does a longer version called 'the ballad of tamblane' it says that it is a traditional song, related to many others.
I'll check this out further if I can. It is listed as one of the Childe Ballads.

 

Sandy Denny was amazing! Fairport were too, once upon a time.

But I went to see a band not so long ago called "Meet On The Ledge," and I think the frontman was in Fairport at some point (because they sang Matty Groves, and of course they're named after a Fairport song).

They were actually fairly good musicians, but I didn't like some of the things they did, like a folk-fiddly finger-picky version of Smoke On The Water. Also, the sound man they brought was bloody awful, so that all you could hear most of the time were the drums and rhythm guitar.

Anyways, getting back to Fairport Convention...I have the History of on CD, and my mum has a few LPs that I keep pinching. So yeah, I think they're really good.

 

Sandy Denny has a voice that stays with you and haunts you......her work is always wonderful to come back to.

 

I LOVE Sandy Denny. With Fairport and without. She's got the most amazing voice I've ever heard.
Liege & Lief is on perpetual rotation in my player as well...

 

I've recently got really into fairport convention (I already knew a little of Sandy's solo stuff) and I love it! My favourite at the moment, it's been in my head all day, is Tam Lin. It just sounds so great! I was googling it, like you do, and I found a pretty good website, with loads of information on the background of the song--
http://www.tam-lin.org/

 

Liege & Lief is my favourite Fairport album.
Check out her Fotheringay band she formed after leaving Fairport, album of the same name - Brilliant

 

Sandys non fairport work is just as amazing as one comes to expect from her. One listen to her voice and I was hooked all the way!

 

Yeah - I was looking for bodmin moor one night and ended up having to sleep on a bench.I'd just got into a sleeping bag and put my radio on when it started raining - but it was a program all about Sandy Denny and I just lay there listening to her life story - the rain dripping of the leaves.They played her version of the Blacksmith - that's the one I remember.
Crazy man Michael is a beautiful,clever and haunting song too.
If anyone has ever heard of Ivor Cutler there is an especially rare track he did with Richard Thompson called Wheely Down,and it's hidden in a secret place on the net at this address:-
http://niri.ncsa.uiuc.edu/for/ivor/Kershaw 96/

no.28 - give it a listen - you'll love it!!