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English folk violinist Dave Swarbrick, a former leading member of the influential 1970s group Fairport Convention, has died at the age of 75, the band's website announced on Friday. "We have just ...
Violinist, singer, songwriter, and beloved British folk-rock legend Dave Swarbrick has died at 75. Swarbrick released several solo albums and collaborated with an array of other artists, notably ...
Folk musician Dave Swarbrick has died at the age of 75 - two decades after his obituary was mistakenly published. The Fairport Convention member's family made the announcement that he had passed ...
Dave Swarbrick was born in New Malden, Surrey, near London, on April 5, 1941. He learned to play the fiddle as a child but switched to guitar during Britain's skiffle craze of the late '50s.
Dave Swarbrick, who played violin in the groundbreaking British folk-rock band Fairport Convention from 1969-79, died yesterday (June 3). He was 75. Born in 1941, Swarbrick had been a well-known ...
Dave Swarbrick, the musician best known for his work with folk group Fairport Convention, has died aged 75. A virtuoso violinist, Swarbrick played with some of the greatest folk musicians of the ...
Influential folk musician Dave Swarbrick has died at the age of 75, his family have announced. Swarbrick was best known for his work as a violin player with Fairport Convention, and was one of the ...
Musician Dave Swarbrick, best known for his work with influential folk group Fairport Convention, dies at the age of 75.
When folk rock’s demon fiddler Dave Swarbrick died at 75 on 3 June, it was barely noticed that Real Gone Music released Fairport Convention’s Live in Finland 1971 the same day. Featuring the lineup of ...
NEW YORK — Dave Swarbrick, a fiddler who electrified the British folk tradition as a member of the band Fairport Convention, died Friday. He was 75. His death was announced on his website. The ...
Dave Swarbrick: English Fiddler. by C. Michael Bailey September 25, 2003. English folk music is part and parcel a different animal than Celtic music, though the two share much in common. Both have ...