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« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2009, 04:53:45 AM » |
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and your music doesn't speak,it swears
and in your streets,the ghosts have forgotten why they're there
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« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2009, 07:23:39 AM » |
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Well said, indeed. And lets not forget, Bruce, either. Sadly, missing in action from the kit these days, he was the drummer in Fairport when I got into them and I still love his style.
(Even after reading just about everything there is about Fairport) I know virtually nothing of Martin except the music. He was an inventive drummer...that much I do know.
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« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2009, 08:21:31 AM » |
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Saw FAC at Portsmouth last night. Simon said it was forty years to the very night since the accident and gave a very emotional intro to and rendition of MOTL.
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« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2009, 07:39:40 PM » |
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Saw FAC at Portsmouth last night. Simon said it was forty years to the very night since the accident and gave a very emotional intro to and rendition of MOTL.
can't agree more .. a very personal insight from Simon and a very special MOTL made the evening a fitting tribute . Well done Simon |
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« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2009, 12:59:52 PM » |
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When you think about the number of musicians who have hastened their own demise through drink and drugs or have taken their own lives it is all the more tragic to consider those who have been taken from us through no fault of their own.
The other name which comes to mind in similar circumstances is bass player Cliff Burton of Metallica. He died in 1986 when the band's tour bus overturned in Sweden. Only 24 years old. I mention him as I saw Metallica at Castle Donington in 85 but I was at nursery school when Martin died.
Just listening to No Man's Land. Some fine drumming there. Hints of Keith Moon?
Anyone know who Martin's drumming heroes were?
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« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2009, 09:31:32 PM » |
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Some time ago, I was able to acquire a copy of fascinating booklet written by Kingsley Martin, a school friend of Martin Lamble who was very closely associated with the early FC. It's called "Fairportfolio" and is essentially his impressions of those early days. It contains some personal recollections of Martin Lamble by Kingsley and a two page technical analysis of his drumming style by Ian Maun, "reprinted from The Ledge".
Kingsley ends his appreciation of Martin: "The child would have grown up to be a very fine adult."
I don't know whether Kingsley still has this available. Jude might know I suppose.
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« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2009, 10:12:15 PM » |
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Some time ago, I was able to acquire a copy of fascinating booklet written by Kingsley Martin, a school friend of Martin Lamble who was very closely associated with the early FC. It's called "Fairportfolio" and is essentially his impressions of those early days. It contains some personal recollections of Martin Lamble by Kingsley and a two page technical analysis of his drumming style by Ian Maun, "reprinted from The Ledge".
Kingsley ends his appreciation of Martin: "The child would have grown up to be a very fine adult."
I don't know whether Kingsley still has this available. Jude might know I suppose.
I think he has more or less sold out now. He gave me some to sell here a while ago and I raised a considerable amount of money for Greyhounds In Need from doing so... It was a great book. Next time I talk to him I'll ask him if he is going to do an updated version...  |
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« Reply #27 on: May 15, 2009, 12:13:50 AM » |
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"Fairportfolio" is excellent...Kingsley Abbott's great recollections of being there during the early days of FC - includes memories of the very 1st FC gig, his friendship with Martin, and choosing the music for Martin's funeral (Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! by The Byrds). Also (for Beach Boys fanatics) check out Kingsley's later anthology Back To The Beach: A Brian Wilson And The Beach Boys Reader ; very well put together.
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« Reply #28 on: May 15, 2009, 09:25:26 AM » |
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"Fairportfolio", a very nice book on the early FC times, is still found in the FC Shop, at the very bottom of the merch section, where you can find the ordering address: http://www.fairportconvention.com/catalogue.php?cmsCategoryID=12&DisplayType=DisplayCatContentsHopefully there are a few copies left ! |
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« Reply #29 on: May 22, 2009, 09:18:13 AM » |
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I think Martin's best drumming can be heard on the alternate take of "A Sailor's Life" found on RT's "Watching The Dark" box set. RT's guitar playing and Martin's drumming on that track is truly astonishing. I get the general feeling that not enough people have heard this take - really heavy!
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« Reply #30 on: May 22, 2009, 09:40:42 AM » |
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I think Martin's best drumming can be heard on the alternate take of "A Sailor's Life" found on RT's "Watching The Dark" box set. RT's guitar playing and Martin's drumming on that track is truly astonishing. I get the general feeling that not enough people have heard this take - really heavy!
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