History
From the band's north London birth in 1967 to A Sense of Occasion in 2007, here is the authorised History of Fairport Convention.
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History of Fairport
Fairport Convention played its first concert in a church hall in May 1967. More...- Dave Pegg recounts Fairport's history
"Gigs are what we do – you get in the van, you drive somewhere, you play to an audience, you have a curry, you get back in the van.". More... - Simon Nicol writes about Fairport
"We had a big van and we weren't afraid to use it!". More...