FC reunited according to radio 2

[fat Billy(Bill)]

radio twos 8 o clock news carried a story that FC and RT where reunited for the R2 folk awards.
if thats the case who was that skinny bloke playing guitar with that band last august?

slow news day or what???

[koho (Koen)]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/
for anyone who doesn't know. It's on as I write this.
Nice pics here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/folkawards2006/galleries.shtml
And of course here:
http://www.fairportconvention.com/awardslinelg.jpg
http://www.fairportconvention.com/news923.htm

Koen

[koho (Koen)]

... and apparently the program can be heard for the next seven days on above mentioned BBC website too.

[Mindwarper]

Wow, Mattocks, Hutchings, Thompson, Swarb, and Nicol.  That is great news. I thought Mattocks was through with FC. I would love to hear it. Does anyone know the songs played?  It would be great if they played together at croperdy. When was the last time Mttocks played with FC?  Swarb looks great. 

[mikec]

Wow, Mattocks, Hutchings, Thompson, Swarb, and Nicol.   It would be great if they played together at croperdy.   

Well Feast of Fiddles are playing Cropredy this year so I would look to a couple of guest appearances on the Saturday night. If there was a roof it would certainly be raised

MikeC

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

Wow, Mattocks, Hutchings, Thompson, Swarb, and Nicol.  That is great news. I thought Mattocks was through with FC. I would love to hear it. Does anyone know the songs played?  It would be great if they played together at croperdy. When was the last time Mttocks played with FC?  Swarb looks great. 

DM last played with FC in 1997.. unless anyone else knows differently.
It was the Wintour and he was shortly afterwards replaced by GC.

[Chris]

Wow, Mattocks, Hutchings, Thompson, Swarb, and Nicol.   It would be great if they played together at croperdy.  

Well Feast of Fiddles are playing Cropredy this year so I would look to a couple of guest appearances on the Saturday night. If there was a roof it would certainly be raised

Out of luck, Mike....unfortunately!
Feast of Fiddles are booked to play Broadstairs Folk Week on the Saturday evening....

But see my post in Croprredy Chatter about 2007.....

[Alex Lyons]

DM last played with FC in 1997.. unless anyone else knows differently.
It was the Wintour and he was shortly afterwards replaced by GC.

Almost, Amethyst. Not 1997 but rather 1998. DM did the winter tour before leaving and being replaced by Gerry (in time for Cropredy).

[Taliesin]

Lord how I wish RT were rejoining Fairport on a permanent bassis. Or their other great guitarist Jerry Donahue.