Fairport at Maidstone pt 06 - Flatback Caper

[1OrangeVW]

so is Richard playing bass on this tune?

[12Racer99]

I'd love to know what Simon Nichol and Richard Thompson are up to at 2:08 when Dave Pegge nearly starts laughing.

[Goblobslobshoblot]

an hilarious shiftiness the likes of which you wont see too much of these days

[Goblobslobshoblot]

an hilarious shiftiness

[bankan01]

Wonderful

[mandomaniac99]

Swarb is such an awesome mandolinist as well. The last piece in Flatback Caper is an up tempo version of O'Carolan's Concerto with Pegg on harmony mandolin. The timing of the whole band is impeccable. Saw them with Sandy back in the early 70's. What a band they were and still are.

[MehefinHeulog]

omg!!

Peggy with hair

Dave with brown hair

Richard with curls

and Simon with girly hair

bless

oh, and DM on the drums

haha

[elbo33]

Timeless.

[maida1982a]

making it look easy-and it isn't

[xraycortina]

tell me about it.... i've recently acquired a mandolin (inspired by this lot) and have decided that flatback caper will take quite some time to learn. Will post a vid when i've learned it, but it might not be this year.

[junodavies]

and the part "7"?....

[tomscotland]

who's the other mandolin player, other than swarb??????

[tomscotland]

OOps, yeah...just realised its peggy, you can see Nicol on viola bass! Brilliant.

[TheThumps]

You didnt recognise him with all that hair eh? :P

[prrolg]

Swarbrick was brilliant. He was the best singer in the group as well

[Stalicone]

I had an album by them (Full House)which had Sir Patrick Spens and Flatback Caper when I was at school in New Hampshire back in 1977. The other kids at school used to bust my balls because I listened to it often, when "Freebird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was at the top of the charts. I'm glad I didn't allow their bullshit to throw me off my appreciation of the sheer musicianship of Fairport. They were great musicians and composers.

[prrolg]

Freebird was what the DJ's put on to go out and slack off because it was so long. Big joke amongst them supposedly.

[olafbigandglad]

lynyrd skynyrd couldn't carry fairport's guitar cases.

[Stalicone]

Hahaha - The funny thing was that I was also a huge Rush fan (Rush was an underground "cult" band in those days) at the very same time - I was a student at the New Hampton School...Those same kids busted my balls about that too! They said Geddy sounded like a girl or a Robert Plant wannabe. I guess time has vindicated me!

[olafbigandglad]

well, you probably don't want to hear this dude, but i can't stand rush, which made me question my canadianness just a bit.

in no particular order, my list of the worst bands ever. at least the ones who've made records.- rush, foreigner, styx, boston, journey, kiss, loverboy, the eagles, max webster., in short, the playlist of most classic rock stations. why don't they just call it oldies radio? and, have you ever noticed that all bands named after cities suck?

[Stalicone]

Hahaha - Well I can see my tastes are a little more varied...Everything from Classical (Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are my favs - I adore Dvorjak's "Symphony #9 - From the New World") I love Klezmer music...Haha the Eurythmics! Jeff Beck, Hendrix, Ingwe Malmsteen, Al Dimiola...Haha Cyndi Lauper!

Heck I even like Slim Shady (Eminem) his poetry is fantastic....plus all the stuff you mentioned as well! I respect the creativity and musicianship - even the top 40 stuff...Love Credence!

[Stalicone]

stalicone@olafbigandglad

Chicago was fabulous - they had the fattest brass section in music!

[MehefinHeulog]

carry yes

open no

[IGotNuked]

And to think this is where our school does its outdoor games :)

[Stibsyt]

Swarb is an astounding mandolin player, have a listen to his work on the early Fairport albums and pay particular attention to the solo on the track Angel Delight, I still can't listen to it today without laughing out loud at the skill and humour in that little passage of music. Let alone the drum break...;-)

[bagohammers49]

I can't believe they dropped The Friar's Britches. See what I did there (with the title of the missing jig)?

Still, nice wee drum solo by DM there.

[Nuair]

Swarb... ohhh... I love him!

[Cthepiper]

I saw FC in L.A. when they recorded their live album at the Troubador. I remember Dave Swarbrick had this cigarette stuck in the scroll of the fiddle and ash was flying all over. Wonderful nite of music

[dennis111223]

wow!! i've never heard of these guys before, and came across the song by accident - i was searching for a school video, but they're great!! ANDDDD that concert was on my school field!! if you're after more great music, can i suggest the school song? search for "O Oakwood Park"

[eyeball226]

Is it just me or is there a really dodgy edit just after the first tune. It should go to the second, but it skips it but it's quite obvious it's been edited, badly too. I wonder why they did that...

[smorodina]

The whole thing was edited down from a normal concert length to 30 mins including MSC, which leaves 20 mins or so for Fairport, probably about a third of their set. I guess this track was just one more casualty of shoehorning this into such a small package.

[eyeball226]

Still, it's nice to see it at all I guess!

[Pragjag]

Is that Swarb on mandolin? I never knew he was such a nimble mando player!

[eyeball226]

Swarb and Pegg. And yeah, I guess his fiddle skills transferred, I mean they are tuned the same. I wish I was as good as them. D;

[thirdfloorit]

brilliant!Thanks!