Richard Thompson & Dave Swarbrick:Sloth.

[saoirseterri]

Well dosen't that bring you back the years may moved on but God the music still remains. Thanks for the post and for bringing me back 30 years

[andydcomedian]

Youtube is great but if you get carried away with it you can find yourself up till nearly 5am having traipsed through a great deal of shit. Then you end up with this and everything is worthwhile. Beautiful x

[gio73vanna]

I am moved to tears by this.

[dhutton77]

2wayplebyney; a version of Fairport that did not include Sandy Denny originally recorded this on Full House; she did return later to the group briefly, and probably played on some live recordings,

[michaelcullum53]

when does this date from?

[MrGordongemmell]

Magical.



[julietaron]

These two are as awesome as ever! Ah I dream of crossing the pond someday to attend Cropredy.

[Madradin]

Awesome

[mickigoe]

Two of the revival titans showing how endurable musical genius is. Thanks SIMM.

[Shagnarsty]

Swarbs voice still has that edge and that fiddle work is bloody excellent

[Shagnarsty]

Swarbs voice still has that edge

[williammorris1]

awww swarby!!

[riverkeeper]

Fabulous, absolutely wonderful. I caught Fairport in Cambridge MA in the 70s when Swarb was at his zenith. And of course, saw Richard many times. Incredible to see them back, like this.

[ginaonthebass]

so so good to see swarb singing again:):):)

[HumanHenry]

Beautiful

[andytownboy]

When was this?

[corticalmass]

It's so wonderful to hear these two great musicians working together - Sloth is hypnotic and fascinating. Also funny to see Swarb rear back and shoot a look at Richard's tiny stumble at 2:59. Always the perfectionist. And they are reaching out for each other at the end. I guess that sounds corny but this is so moving to see and hear. Thanks for posting.

[hclee]

I think this song is one of the most beautiful ones ever.

[LaMax61auc]

Incredible SWARB!

Immortal fiddle.

Hope to see you again playng live in Italy.

MAXIMO

[frankrot]

Wow!!! This is really fantastic. Two heroes together after so many years. I saw Dave with Fairport twice in Holland in the seveties. Never forget that.

[graemewilson]

History.

The authors with one of their songs.

Brilliant.

Thanks Simmo.

[FairportMatty]

first time seen swarb sing live, wow what else is there to say

[FairportMatty]

what a song

[ScarletSweetPea]

My god, I never thought I'd hear Swarb sing again. Wonderful.

[2wayplebney]

This is the first performance of Sloth I've seen since Sandy Denny was in the band! Brilliant.

[MusicWriter1965]

@2wayplebney I saw Richard do it live in 2002, I think it was. He was doing a solo acoustic show, and it was Fairport's 35th anniversary, so he said, "In honor of the anniversary, I'm going to do a little Fairport tribute. He did this and Sir Patrick Spens. After, in his usual darkly-humorous fashion, he said, "I did those because they were fun. Those other poor bastards have had to do them every night for the last 35 years."

[Rootsfran]

It was a brilliant evening, am so glad I was there, thanks for posting the video and thanks to the artists and manager for letting you!

[riverkeeper]

This is completely magnificent. Thank you so much. I have been a fan of Thompson and Swarb for over thirty years

[RTFan52]

Wow - a rare treat to see this. You asked for titles on one of the other videos - this is Sloth. It's an old Fairport song that used to feature a long electric guitar workout from RT.

[Trainer54]

Thanks Simmo. A privilege to be there to witness this. What a great evening!

[TRADERHORNE]

Outstanding!Thank You,I like the look they give each other at 2:58 after the little miss-step at 2:56.

[UncleBoko]

Magic - many thanks