Wintour reviews

[Chris]

Any of your photos for us Chris..please??

Still without a proper PC, so yes, as soon as I can borrow a laptop.....

[PaulT]

Great night @ Brum last Friday - the best Wintour show I've seen for a few years.  My mate Phil - an FC "virgin", though he's had a CD of L&L for years - came out totally enthused, and remarked that it didn't feel like a gig to him, it felt more like a family gathering.  From the mouths of (relative) babes, etc.

Thank you Fairport for yet another great tour, and please can we have Off The Desk Vol 2?

[simon frisby]

Have to agree with the above, absolutley cracking gig, probably the best ive seen the chaps in the Winter Tour setting they all seemed to be really up for it. Highlights for me include-

1-Meeting some of you lot, nice to see you to see you nice.
2-Renardine, Chris was just perfect sing this would sound even better at Cropredy.
3-Babbacombe Lee trilogy, just good to hear some of this album done live, brilliant version of the Hanging Song.
4-The Sound, really crisp and clear probably the best ive heard it on the winter tours.

All in all it was great wasnt it.  

[steve-n]

What a simply superb tour that was - I think the best one this century! Both band & crew workedtheir ar*es off - and it showed!

There's really not much we can add to that - managed to catch the chaps three times and it just got better and better. Town Hall was an absolutely brilliant conclusion, great venue, great sound, great music.

...........and for completists - Simon's setlist from Birmingham (in English, rather than the Tewkesbury version which was apparently in French!)

How Many Times
Happy Man
Doctor of Physick
Banks of the Sweet
South Dakota
Journeymans Grace
Eynsham Poachers
Mock Morris

Rocky Road
Reynardine
Inst.85/Wise Maid
Breakfast in Mayfair
Cell Song
Hanging Song
Who Knows
Hawkwood's Army
Matty/Bowmans

Best Wishes/Meet

S&J
(Anxiously awaiting delivery of Cropredy tickets.....)

[Neil67]

Just spotted this review of The Winding Wheel,Chesterfield show-
http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/times-out-no2/Fairport-continue-to-weave-their.3856567.jp

[KascadeDan]

http://fairport-67206.piczo.com/?g=32778510&cr=2

My review(I wrote it in 10 minutes)

[davidmjs]

Hell's teeth, man....you're singlehandedly keeping the band afloat.  Good on you  

"I left with not only a smile on my face, but a copy of the fantastic 'Fairport@Forty' DVD signed by the band, The Fairport Convention Winter tour 2008 Programme signed by the band, A Fairport Convention Poster signed by the band as well as Fairport's new T-Shirt, the revised version of Maart Allcock's Fairport songbook and a Jethro Tull CD Broadsword And The Beast.

Dan "

[martin driver]

Just what I was thinking David, Dan must have an extremely lucrative paper round to enable him to afford all those goodies  it's an excellently written review too, well done Dan.

[KascadeDan]

Just what I was thinking David, Dan must have an extremely lucrative paper round to enable him to afford all those goodies  it's an excellently written review too, well done Dan.

Thanks!

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

Great review Dan.. really made me wish the wintour was still ongoing!  

Here's hoping next year's wintour will be as good...  (sure it will be... )