Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!DBarker%PCO@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA From: DBarker%PCO@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Fairport Convention Message-ID: <6901@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 11:48:53 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6901 Posted: Wed Jan 2 11:48:53 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 00:12:40 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 13 I've always understood that the name came from the fact that in 1966 or thereabouts the entire band was living in Muswell Hill (a suburb of North London) in a house called Fairport. Glad to discover that there are transatlantic types who are into the Fairports and their offspring. The Fotheringay LP was named after Sandy Denny's band she formed soon after leaving FP - it and all her other records (sadly deleted now) can be reccommended. Also let me mention the Albion Band - formed by Ashley Hutchings after he left Steeleye Span - particularly Rise Up Like The Sun. And, of course, everything the extremely wonderful Richard Thompson has done - I would suggest Pour Down Like Silver and Shoot Out The Lights as Richard and Linda's finest hours (well 40 minutes's).