Not all that strange, really. If you look at the Fairport Family Tree (initially on the album cover of "History Of ..." but much expanded as the years pass) you'll see that Fairport have their contacts with an extremely wide-ranging group of musicians.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:14:49AM -0000, Bob W wrote: > Never been a folkie, and I was surprised to learn that Richard > Thompson (once of Fairport Convention) and Hugh Cornwell of The > Stranglers were at school together, and in a school band. Seems like a > strange combination. > > Bob > > > > > By chance I was watching a bit of it tonight with a glass of > > wine. It's > > not bad at all. Great fun to work on. I was disappointed > > because when we > > filmed the interview with Chris Leslie, and we chatted for a while, > he > > was keen to see my Weber mando that I got from Montana, so I said > I'd > > bring it the next day, which I did, but everyone was so busy and we > > never had two minutes spare at the same time, so it will have to > wait > > til a different year. > > > > They're a terrific bunch of musicians - as you know - but also a > > terrific bunch of people. Simon Nichols tells the best jokes on the > > planet - totally unrepeatable here ;-) > > > > Glad you enjoyed it. Yous hould come across for the festival > > one August! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
