Comments on: Fairport Convention http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Gross http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-533 David Gross Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:20:46 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-533 Hi Cody. Happy New Year! I used to buy anything from the UK on A&M! I remember listening to cassettes with Joey Clapper in Nestor Mangual's Spanish class. I also followed Sandy through a number of stages. Her first solo record is amazing. I would like to hear Fotheringay 2 myself Let me know when you are coming to NYC Hi Cody. Happy New Year! I used to buy anything from the UK on A&M! I remember listening to cassettes with Joey Clapper in Nestor Mangual’s Spanish class.
I also followed Sandy through a number of stages. Her first solo record is amazing. I would like to hear Fotheringay 2 myself
Let me know when you are coming to NYC

]]> By: Cody Sokolski http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Cody Sokolski Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:07:15 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-532 David, Yeah, I was hooked on Fairport from the first Lp on A&M, and knowing that they were on Island in the UK cemented the deal. Loved Sandy to the point of a mania. An incredible show I saw at the Symphony Hall in Boston was Martin Mull and his Fabulous Living Room Furniture (anybody remember that?) followed by Randy Newman solo and then Sandy, also, solo. Grand Piano, Acoustic 12 string and one accapella anti-war number that just froze time. Followed her through Fotheringay to all of her solo stuff. I think that the lp Sandy was a gem and possibly her best and most consistent. And last year or so, I ordered from the UK Fotheringay 2. It is pretty good, all things considered. David,
Yeah, I was hooked on Fairport from the first Lp on A&M, and knowing that they were on Island in the UK cemented the deal. Loved Sandy to the point of a mania. An incredible show I saw at the Symphony Hall in Boston was Martin Mull and his Fabulous Living Room Furniture (anybody remember that?) followed by Randy Newman solo and then Sandy, also, solo. Grand Piano, Acoustic 12 string and one accapella anti-war number that just froze time. Followed her through Fotheringay to all of her solo stuff. I think that the lp Sandy was a gem and possibly her best and most consistent. And last year or so, I ordered from the UK Fotheringay 2. It is pretty good, all things considered.

]]> By: David Gross http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-496 David Gross Sat, 22 May 2010 15:16:37 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-496 Great stuff! I actually went with drummer Don Lamond and bassist Pat Merola to the Les Crane Show I sat right next to Don as he played the show Thanks for the info! Great stuff! I actually went with drummer Don Lamond and bassist Pat Merola to the Les Crane Show
I sat right next to Don as he played the show
Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Bruce http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Bruce Sat, 22 May 2010 04:23:13 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-495 Hi david, now your talking i am a total Stones guy,The Beatles changed the world(and Me) but the Stones ,man the Stones.anyway i saw them live on a Clay Cole show,a friends dad worked in the business and my claim to fame was NEVER missing them when in NYC,the first Garden show 1969,if you pause the film they made of that tour,Gimme Shelter, i can be seen with my then girlfriend Mary(who later married the manager of Deep Purple) all other concerts there,The special Academy of Music gig that you sent in postcards for and then WNEW called you, sent you to the garden to pick up the tickets and were sworn to secrecy and told if the crowd gets to big on 14 st, because of people spilling the beans, they would cancel .Peter Tosh opened and the audience was star packed with Sir Paul +Linda in live and in person i saw them in London,Munich. anyway if i can help please don't hesitate to ask.....jp Hi david,
now your talking i am a total Stones guy,The Beatles changed the world(and Me) but the Stones ,man the Stones.anyway i saw them live on a Clay Cole show,a friends dad worked in the business and my claim to fame was NEVER missing them when in NYC,the first Garden show 1969,if you pause the film they made of that tour,Gimme Shelter, i can be seen with my then girlfriend Mary(who later married the manager of Deep Purple) all other concerts there,The special Academy of Music gig that you sent in postcards for and then WNEW called you, sent you to the garden to pick up the tickets and were sworn to secrecy and told if the crowd gets to big on 14 st, because of people spilling the beans, they would cancel .Peter Tosh opened and the audience was star packed with Sir Paul +Linda in live and in person
i saw them in London,Munich.

anyway if i can help please don’t hesitate to ask…..jp

]]> By: Thom L http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Thom L Sat, 22 May 2010 02:43:35 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-494 David, the Stones were on the Les Crane Show before they did Clay Cole, but they didn't perform. They took phone calls from the audience and answered questions about their sound, and upcoming first US tour. I was eleven and the show was on TV after my bedtime. I secretly got up and turned it on, but my older brother ratted me out. My mom swooped into the living room and she, "put a stop to this nonsense, right now!" I was truly heartbroken. It only strengthened my resolve to see them. At the end of their tour, they did two last shows hosted by Murray the K at Carnegie Hall. I sneaked in to the late show through the next door movie theater's basement. I look forward to your Exile piece. David, the Stones were on the Les Crane Show before they did Clay Cole, but they didn’t perform. They took phone calls from the audience and answered questions about their sound, and upcoming first US tour. I was eleven and the show was on TV after my bedtime. I secretly got up and turned it on, but my older brother ratted me out. My mom swooped into the living room and she, “put a stop to this nonsense, right now!” I was truly heartbroken.

It only strengthened my resolve to see them. At the end of their tour, they did two last shows hosted by Murray the K at Carnegie Hall. I sneaked in to the late show through the next door movie theater’s basement. I look forward to your Exile piece.

]]> By: David Gross http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-493 David Gross Thu, 20 May 2010 16:38:03 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-493 I liked Fotheringay! I started getting into other similar groups like The Amazing Blondell, Strawbs, Lindisfarne, The Albion Country Band w/ Ashley Hitchings and Matthews Southern Comfort. The Stones on Clay Cole was their first appearance in the US. I loved that show! Thanks for commenting I liked Fotheringay! I started getting into other similar groups like The Amazing Blondell, Strawbs, Lindisfarne, The Albion Country Band w/ Ashley Hitchings and Matthews Southern Comfort.
The Stones on Clay Cole was their first appearance in the US. I loved that show!
Thanks for commenting

]]> By: Thom L http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Thom L Thu, 20 May 2010 15:40:27 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-492 Fairport, yes they were hot. Saw them open for Traffic at the Fillmore East and was floored. Then I got to see Fotheringay at Carnegie Hall, later on. Not bad either. I also saw the Stones on Clay Cole, but only on TV. Too bad the tapes were wiped. Saw them live at Carnegie Hall in June 1964, and live at Ed Sullivan Studio in October, 1964 in the second row left. I was twelve. It was a few days before they did the TAMI Show in California. I just read in the NY Times that the Exile bonus disc has an amazing version of Lovin Cup. I like what Mick and Jack White do with that tune in the Scorsese Beacon doc. And what a revelation that it's Jimmy Miller on drums for Happy. He really taught Charlie a thing or two. Fairport, yes they were hot. Saw them open for Traffic at the Fillmore East and was floored. Then I got to see Fotheringay at Carnegie Hall, later on. Not bad either.
I also saw the Stones on Clay Cole, but only on TV. Too bad the tapes were wiped. Saw them live at Carnegie Hall in June 1964, and live at Ed Sullivan Studio in October, 1964 in the second row left. I was twelve. It was a few days before they did the TAMI Show in California.
I just read in the NY Times that the Exile bonus disc has an amazing version of Lovin Cup. I like what Mick and Jack White do with that tune in the Scorsese Beacon doc. And what a revelation that it’s Jimmy Miller on drums for Happy. He really taught Charlie a thing or two.

]]> By: john pierse http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/05/fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-488 john pierse Tue, 18 May 2010 18:02:40 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=1154#comment-488 Hi david, now your talking i am a total Stones guy,The Beatles changed the world(and Me) but the Stones ,man the Stones.anyway i saw them live on a Clay Cole show,a friends dad worked in the business and my claim to fame was NEVER missing them when in NYC,the first Garden show 1969,if you pause the film they made of that tour,Gimme Shelter, i can be seen with my then girlfriend Mary(who later married the manager of Deep Purple) all other concerts there,The special Academy of Music gig that you sent in postcards for and then WNEW called you, sent you to the garden to pick up the tickets and were sworn to secrecy and told if the crowd gets to big on 14 st, because of people spilling the beans, they would cancel .Peter Tosh opened and the audience was star packed with Sir Paul +Linda in live and in person i saw them in London,Munich. anyway if i can help please don't hesitate to ask.....jp Hi david,
now your talking i am a total Stones guy,The Beatles changed the world(and Me) but the Stones ,man the Stones.anyway i saw them live on a Clay Cole show,a friends dad worked in the business and my claim to fame was NEVER missing them when in NYC,the first Garden show 1969,if you pause the film they made of that tour,Gimme Shelter, i can be seen with my then girlfriend Mary(who later married the manager of Deep Purple) all other concerts there,The special Academy of Music gig that you sent in postcards for and then WNEW called you, sent you to the garden to pick up the tickets and were sworn to secrecy and told if the crowd gets to big on 14 st, because of people spilling the beans, they would cancel .Peter Tosh opened and the audience was star packed with Sir Paul +Linda in live and in person
i saw them in London,Munich.

anyway if i can help please don’t hesitate to ask…..jp

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