TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

hello everyone - this my first post.

I first saw fairport in 85/86? in Cardiff. My memory is poor but as far as I recall the Fairport I saw consisted of Simon Nichol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattocks, and Swarb. Is my memory correct? My wife who also went says they were a five piece with Rick Saunders!

Can anyone help?

Hi Banger, and welcome.
I think I was at the same gig [St. David's Hall?]
I remember Swarb's glass falling off the speaker next to him. He just looked down and laughed, and carried on playing.
I don't remember Ric being there?

Welcome Banger  :D

Dunno about the line-up, but you might want to check your spelling. ;)

That'd be NICOL and SANDERS and MATTACKS.  ;D

Only teasing. Welcome again.

Hi frogcrutches and gower flower.

Your right it was at St Davids Hall. I was a student back then which would explain the problems with my spelling!! I did go to see them a year or so later again at St Davids Hall - I think Rick was with them then.

The last tour with the 4 piece lineup was the US tour in 85 I think, so I think there were a few dates prior to that...if my memory serves me correctly DM did come in for Bruce on that....(so DM, Pegg, Nicol, Swarb)...the first tour with the 5 piece lineup (DM, Nicol, Pegg, Ric, Maart) was the Spring 86 tour..  I think that is right anyway...

Thanks for clarifying this for me  ;D and my wife  :-[

In hindsight what worries me is that over the last 22 years I have seen the band countless times bought numerous of their albums and have read loads of stuff about them but have failed to register how to spell the names of the band!!. Luckily Richard Thomson wasn't playing in 85 otherwise I would have got his name wrong! ;)

You mean you'd have forgotten the 'p' in his surname?!

 ;)

Jules

No, he was having a joke about the extra, unnecessary 'h' that he'd included  ;)

Are any of you guys teachers?

You'll be telling me next that I shouldn't use a preposition to end a sentence with.  And that I shouldn't start a sentence with a conjunction. :D

Some are, the rest just pretend on the internet, welcome to the fun ;D

There is no rule in the English language that says you can't end a sentence with a preposition. That "rule" was invented by a minister in the 1800s who felt that since Latin did have such a rule, English should as well. As your own Winston Churchill is rumored to have said, "That is something up with which I will not put."

But surely the rumour had a "u"?

 ;) :D

Jules

Alright everyone. How about we give a little bit more honour and respect to Banger for what was after all his first venture onto the board?

In other words, GET BACK ON TOPIC!

Thank you

Nick

Seconded.

And welcome Banger - take this all in the spirit it is intended, which is light hearted banter!

Thanks Nick & Barry

Do I take all this in a good spirit - Yes I do

Do I think MarkC should try and get out and  about a little more often - Yes I do

Finally, if I've spelt anything incorrectly or if I've made any grammatical errors in this post - you don't have to correct me because I really don't care. ;)

hello banger.  welcome to the madhouse ;D

and welcome from me as well and I should have said welcome ages ago as I am the newbie welcomer....oh the guilt, the guilt..... :-[ :D

You just can't get the staff nowadays... :P ;)

GF, i think jude may be moonlighting ::)

with Leo Sayer!?

Hi Banger - good to have you on (the) board!

Or Bruce Willis?

Now it's gone the other way  ::)

I said, ON TOPIC!!!


sheesh!  ::)  ;D

nothing to do with me... ::)

A little transatlantic spelling dispute! Sorry for the thread hijack, gang!  ;)

Sometimes there is no stopping them n ;D if it carries on I shall be the topic Nazi and lock it.

Start with the Polish thread, and see how it goes. ::)

Don't mention the war!!!

Well said - If god had meant us to spell, he would not have given us spell checkers.

.....and there endeth this post

Credits.

Thanks to DavidMJS for answering my query.
Thanks to everyone else for pushing the post replies up to 28 on what was after all my first foray on this site.

Sneak preview - I am currently working on my next highly provocative post which has the working title of ...........wait for it....fairport 1987/8.

Is Bill Gates God then?