Fairport Convention - Walk Awhile

Fairport Convention singing Walk Awhile
This clip is from '6:55 Special' in 1982 from the week before the Cropredy festival.
Playing from the festival reunion line up are Simon Nicol, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Dave Mattacks, Bruce Rowland and Trevor Lucas

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• Fairport
• Convention
• Cropredy

[paulgod]

Swarb, you are great. There's no way that's Dave Mattacks on drums. No idea who it is! Anyone know?

[ukfolkrocker]

Hi paulgod,

I can see why you may have missed seeing Dave Mattacks, there are two drummers, Dave is on the left looking cool and wearing shades. Due to camera angles he is only seen briefly. The drummer seen mostly is Bruce Rowland the 'official' Fairport drummer at the time, though Dave often guested around this time.

If you look for other clips I have posted from this show I expect you will better a better view of Dave :-)

[paulgod]

Thanks ukfolkrocker, guess it must have simply a unique reunion gig type of lineup. I once played in a set with two drummers actually, I did the fiddle part for 'Led Zeppelin - Kashmir'. What a concert! I suppose we needed the two drummers was to compensate for the lack of Jon Bonham :)

P.S. you are not the chap in your picture ;)

[ukfolkrocker]

well Richard could have posted it :-)

but you're right I hadn't noticed my picture

I have hopefully stopped impersonating RT now

[exchiefs]

@paulgod Bruce Rowland

[SprigganLook]

Sorry Ukfolkrocker, Bruce Rowland couldn't be the "official" drummer at that time, simply beacuse... Fairport didn't exist at that time. They split in 1979 and they used to regroup occasionally in Cropredy in summer, whatever line up had the chance to regroup. They officially regrouped only in 1985 as a threesome (Nicol, Pegg & Mattacks).

That's true, of course, that the two drummers are Mattacks & Rowland.

[75amoeba]

Great song.

[ginaonthebass]

i love it:):)one of my fav fairport songs ever!!

[cheerydavie]

AH !! memories of this song

[thefrisquette]

"the greatest folk-rock band of all time"from the program of the concert at Heusdem(Belgium),23 aout 1985.I was there.I'm an ultra fan of all the English folk-rock,and the first was Fairport Convention with the genious Ashley Hutchings!After the marvellous Steeleye Span,all the Albion band,all the work of Ashley.I have see Fairport,Steeleye and Albion.But here in Belgium......NOTHING about!!!

[xraycortina]

@paulgod  two normal drummers = john bonham? You are so right there, very well put.

[da1gaga0]

blast from the good times

[Fairport70]

Walk Awhile  just happens to be my favorite Song of All Time. : )

[52Mole]

They did do "Polly on the Shore". It was released in 1983 on a live cassette entitled "AT-2".