Just a question, could I have chosen How many times by Richard Thompson in this section, I mean he is not a member anymore.
Not presuming to answer for Gub, but I think what is required is a song written by someone who has
never been in Fairport but one which Fairport have played.
Jules
It is an interesting question though as he was not in the band either when he wrote it or when they recorded it. I almost chose it myself as my favourite song of that era. Much the same applies to
The Poor Ditching Boy, the Fairport version of which I really adore. On reflection, we probably have to exclude them from this category or else we have to start allowing Fairport live recordings of
Solo or
John The Gun (for example). Those are all wonderful things and I share your enthusiasm but they probably have to be disallowed on a technicality.
