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Mar 30, 2021 · Fairport Convention drummer Martin Lamble and Thompson's girlfriend Jeannie Franklyn died in a van crash after a gig in Birmingham. Thompson recounts the horror and the aftermath in his new book Beeswing.
May 14, 2015 · The wreck killed drummer Martin Lamble (who was just 19 at the time) as well as fashion designer and magazine columnist Jeannie Franklyn, who'd been dating guitarist Richard Thompson. Thompson ...
Jan 2, 2024 · You made the record in the wake of the terrible motor accident that killed drummer Martin Lamble. It’s become the poster album of progressive folk, but how was it received at the time? I remember the warmth and affection that the band had come back from this dreadful event.
On 11 May 1969, [22] two months before the album was released, drummer Martin Lamble and Jeannie Franklyn, the girlfriend of guitarist Richard Thompson, were killed in a road accident as the band was returning from a concert in Birmingham. [23] Simon Nicol later said: That was a big watershed, I think.
Remembering Martin Lamble of Fairport Convention on what would have been his 73rd birthday! Do you have a favorite work by Martin? Here he is with Fairport Convention! Fairport Convention (L-R) Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks and Simon Nicol perform "The Journeyman's Grace" on Ainsdale Beach, Southport, England.
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Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig). [ 1 ] They started out influenced by American folk rock, with a set list dominated by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell songs ...
Feb 21, 2019 · A May 12, 1969 bus crash killed Fairport Convention drummer Martin Lamble and severely injured other members of the group. As the summer of 1969 approached, the future looked bright for Fairport Convention, as their second album, What We Did on Our Holidays, expanded the band's audience with a more rock-inflected version of their folk sound.
