Fairport Convention : Sloth (1981)

[Andy34HN]

That guitar strap that Simon's wearing; is it the beaded one that he had to ditch during a tour with Art Garfunkel as it made so much noise on stage?

[dbitgood1]

Nice bass tapping solo by Peggy.

[dreyam]

OMG!! Swarb with a gigantic mustache... and of course a smoke dangling from his fingers...

I realize they had to keep it short for TV, but god i miss those long incredible jams in between the verses.

[tumshfibrox58]

I watched this programme OMG 30 years ago! The whole show was great but this version of Sloth left me feeling great for days afterwards. Never forgot it. So delighted to find it again. Thank you so much for posting this!

[PDSJohn]

God Bless you Swarb

You are My Hero pal.

Unique voice, unique style,

Hope you are keeping well again.

[PDSJohn]

This from the days when pop music meant something and people who played it had TALENT.

[DarkeningSkies1]

Nice. You can tell instantly that this is RT playing guitar from the bends! One of my favorite bands of this type. Simply marvelous.

[timmots]

I agree, nice tight drumming.  Love that tash on Swarb too; those really were the days (though I was only a nipper)

[milesgma]

Need more of this. Wow.

[5finecats]

One my all time favorite youtube videos!

And Simon is so handsome!

[dullsvillain]

Wow,... this is so fine : )

[gdash4]

A beat still means something.

[xrcjpx]

yeah I remember that one snare hit by Mattacks back when a beat meant something...sent chills down my spine...perfection!

[5finecats]

perfect vintage Fairport!