Cropredy Future

[jaypeter (Peter)]

I'm finding this thread quite depressing but I can't resist reading it. Can't we just take it as it comes and hope for the best?

[Ollie]

I personally think we should cross this bridge when we get to it and just enjoy Cropredy!

[gower flower (Shirl)]

I personally think we should cross this bridge when we get to it and just enjoy Cropredy!

Huzzah! The voice of common sense.

[KascadeDan]

I personally think we should cross this bridge when we get to it and just enjoy Cropredy!

Yep.
And it's not gonna end soon anyway.

[michaelfriars]

Simon has already talked about this in an interview.  He likens FC to say, an established orchestra, a brass band or a football club.......the players change the orchestra/band/club keeps going.
When I get chance I will direct you to the interview.

Was this on the DVD of 2007 - 'Fairport @ Forty'??  - I recall he said that 'Fairport was like a  lasagne with different flavourings = line ups!'
And on the same DVD Dave Pegg said he could never retire due to 'creditors' and would play on with a zimmer frame.
Conclusion - the current event is safe for five years or so and that is a good as you ever have in the modern world.

[Edthefolkie]

Let's not get too depressed folks, don't worry, be happy. Life is change, etc etc.

I remember the last steam train on BR disappearing down the line at Ais Gill in August 1968, and everybody was saying "Bloody hell, what do we do now?"  Fast forward to 2008 - a bunch of upstanding folks have just completed a brand new big Pacific main line steam loco, Tornado. ( Shameless plug http://www.a1steam.com/ )

Similarly, at Cropredy's "Farewell, Farewell" in 1979 everybody was looking round and going "B*gger, now what?" Well we know, don't we? Seriously, there's something rather culturally important about Croppers, let's hope it carries on somehow. I'll be there with me long white beard and incontinence pants (that'll be 2009 then  ).  

 



  

[Harbottle (Martin)]

Well YES have just annouced a tour with a new singer... A chap from a YES tribute act...!

[KascadeDan]

I'll be there with me long white beard and incontinence pants (that'll be 2009 then  ).  

Same here.

[Tubby_Tin_Lad]

I don't see any reason why the festival can't continue long into the future, and indeed the same goes for Fairport.  The band may not have contained any original members in the mid-70s, but that didn't prevent them from releasing classic albums like 'Rosie' and 'Rising For The Moon'.  As long as any particular line-up stays true to the sound of the classic band, then IMO it doesn't matter whether it contains any original members.  That goes for any band, not just Fairport.