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« Reply #120 on: June 08, 2016, 12:47:05 AM »

Have seen this on Fairports site:

Swarb Obituary on BBC Radio 4.

The BBC Radio Four series 'Last Word' will feature an obituary for former Fairport fiddler Dave Swarbrick who died on Friday 3 June.
Simon Nicol will speak on the programme which goes out at 16.00 on Friday 10 June (repeated at 20.30 on Sunday 12 June) on  92.5 - 96 FM, DAB and online.

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« Reply #121 on: June 08, 2016, 07:54:57 AM »

I found this on BBC Radio Leeds: Martin Carthy on Swarb and a live recording of them playing 'Carthy's March', which Swarb claims to have written in his sleep..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03wffsw#play
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« Reply #122 on: June 08, 2016, 10:33:03 AM »

Looking through old pictures and found these two of Swarb onstage in 2006 with Kevin Dempsey and Maart.

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« Reply #123 on: June 08, 2016, 12:33:16 PM »

I heard about Swarb's death from Fairport themselves, at a gig in Kemsing Village Hall, Kent on Friday. Very sad loss, but of course Fairport still played a fine gig.

Recently I went to the Bristol Folk Festival - always worth a visit - and stayed at a B&B near Clifton Bridge. The owners were telling us about the many folk musicians who'd stayed at their place in recent years, including the Carthy clan, John Renbourne, Steve Knightly and many more, but their favourite guest was Swarb. They had to re- allocate rooms to get him downstairs accommodation, but he repaid them (and other guests) with first class entertainment over the breakfast table, a man of a thousand stories amusing all and sundry.

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« Reply #124 on: June 10, 2016, 05:28:29 PM »

No mention of Swarb on Last Words ��... Shaffer, Ali and Dame Peggy Spencer.
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« Reply #125 on: June 10, 2016, 06:16:10 PM »


No mention of Swarb on Last Words ��... Shaffer, Ali and Dame Peggy Spencer.
I wondered about that. Is it a different prog?
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« Reply #126 on: June 10, 2016, 06:23:15 PM »

It's the same programme but they often change the "line-up" at the last minute if someone famous dies towards the end of the week.
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« Reply #127 on: June 10, 2016, 06:39:00 PM »

That'd probably be Ali then, possibly extended?

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« Reply #128 on: June 11, 2016, 12:06:55 AM »

Nice mention for Swarb by Show of Hands at Stepping Stines festival......lots of applause and cheers followed
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« Reply #129 on: June 11, 2016, 03:37:01 AM »

A very good obit from the Sydney Morning Herald (at least one typo notwithstanding)...

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/dave-swarbrick-the-fairport-convention-violinist-who-fell-in-love-with-an-australian-girl-20160610-gpg4r8.html
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« Reply #130 on: June 17, 2016, 06:37:16 PM »

The Swarb obit was on today's 'Last Word'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07flhlf
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« Reply #131 on: June 19, 2016, 04:08:41 PM »


The Swarb obit was on today's 'Last Word'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07flhlf
Annoyingly, the prog you get seems to be something from R3  Angry I've emailed them but it probably won't get fixed until tomorrow.
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« Reply #132 on: June 19, 2016, 04:23:49 PM »



The Swarb obit was on today's 'Last Word'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07flhlf
Annoyingly, the prog you get seems to be something from R3  Angry I've emailed them but it probably won't get fixed until tomorrow.


I got it ok yesterday, but I did a search online rather than use the link
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« Reply #133 on: June 20, 2016, 11:16:28 AM »

Normal service has been resumed...you can now listen to the Radio 4 programme from the link (above).
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« Reply #134 on: June 20, 2016, 04:09:20 PM »

Sorted! Nice tribute to him Smiley
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« Reply #135 on: June 24, 2016, 01:29:07 PM »

A belated but extremely sincere RIP.
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« Reply #136 on: August 03, 2016, 06:33:50 PM »

Those of us who are members of the Fairporters fb group may well have seen Issy Swarbrick's post that there will be a memorial "ceremony" outside the Brasenose at 1630 on Sat 13 August. No idea what form this may take... but a bench with plaque has been mentioned.

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« Reply #137 on: August 03, 2016, 06:52:51 PM »

Right in the middle of Ashley's gig on the villsge hall....wonder whether he'll have a long interval?
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« Reply #138 on: August 04, 2016, 12:08:23 AM »

What a lovely idea 😀 and probably not the only tribute to the great man over the weekend
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« Reply #139 on: November 07, 2016, 08:19:55 AM »

Sam Sweeney's tribute to Swarb at Shrewsbury: Dirty Linen - played on a fiddle Swarb gave Sam.

http://www.folkicons.co.uk/swarbmenu.htm

Well done,sir!  Smiley
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