Dave Swarbrick (5. april 19413. juni 2016) var ein engelsk folkemusikar og låtskrivar, mest kjend for sin innsats i folkrockbandet Fairport Convention.

Dave Swarbrick

I Convocation Hall i Toronto i 1977.
Foto: Jean-Luc Ourlin
Fødd5. april 1941
FødestadNew Malden i England
Død3. juni 2016 (75 år)
DødsstadLondon
FødenamnDavid Cyril Eric Swarbrick
AliasSwarb
OpphavStorbritannia
Aktiv1960-åra til i dag
SjangerFolkemusikk, folkrock, elektrisk folk
InstrumentFiolin, bratsj, mandolin, gitar, vokal
Tilknytte artistarIan Campbell Folk Group, Martin Carthy, Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, Swarb's Lazarus
Verka somMusikar, låtskrivar, arrangør
Gift medJill Swarbrick-Banks

Liv og karriere

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Swarbrick var ein av dei mest akta musikarane frå den andre britiske folkemusikkbølgja og medverka i nokre av dei viktigaste gruppene og prosjekta i 1960-åra. Han var ein mykje nytta studiomusikar som kom inn i Fairport Convention i 1969 då bandet hyra han inn til å legge felestemmer på nokre av spora på albumet Unhalfbricking. Det enda med at Swarbrick vart eit regulært bandmedlem, og saman med Richard Thompson har han hovedæra for det innverknadsrike albumet Liege & Lief (1969). Etter 1970 sto han fram som frontfigur i Fairport og leia bandet gjennom ei rekkje viktige album fram til oppløysinga i 1979. Swarbricks energiske og unike spelestil vart eit særtrekk for bandet sitt lydbilete.

Utover 1970-åra vart Swarbrick i tiltakande grad plaga av høyrsleproblem, forverra av elektrisk forsterka lyd, men han spelte seinare i ei rekkje mindre kjende akustiske band, dreiv eigne soloprosjekt og gav ut mange album.

Gjennom karrieren arbeidde Swarbrick med mange store artistar innan folk og folkrock. Ashley Hutchings skildra Swarbrick som den absolutt viktigaste britiske felespelaren. Stilen hans er kopiert og vidareutvikla av nesten alle britiske og mange andre fiolinistar innan folkemusikk.[1]

Diskografi

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Med Fairport Convention, sjå diskografien deira
Med the Ian Campbell Folk Group
  • Ceilidh at the Crown (EP) (Topic, 1962)
  • Songs of Protest (EP) (Topic, 1962)
  • The Sun Is Burning / The Crow and the Cradle (singel) (Topic, 1963)
  • This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group (Transatlantic, 1963)
  • Across the Hills (Transatlantic, 1964)
  • The Ian Campbell Folk Group (Decca, 1964)
  • Presenting the Ian Campbell Folk Group (Contour, 1964)
  • Coaldust Ballads (Transatlantic, 1965)
  • A Sample of The Ian Campbell Folk Group (Transatlantic, 1966)
  • Contemporary Campbells (Transatlantic, 1966)
  • Four Highland Songs (EP) (Transatlantic, 1966)
  • The Ian Campbell Folk Group, This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group / Across the Hills (Castle Music, 1996)
  • Contemporary Campbells / New Impressions (Castle Music, 1997)
  • The Times They Are A-Changin (Castle Music, 2004)
Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd og Peggy Seeger-album
  • Whaler Out of New Bedford (Folkways, 1962)
  • The Big Hewer (The Radio Ballads Vol 4) (Argo, 1967)
  • The Fight Game (The Radio Ballads Vol 7) (Argo, 1967)
  • The Travelling People (The Radio Ballads Vol 8) (Argo, 1968)
På Ewan MacColl og A.L. Lloyd-album
  • A Sailor's Garland (Prestige, 1962)
Med forskjellige artistar
  • Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1 (Decca, 1963)
  • Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2 (Decca, 1964)
  • Farewell Nancy: Sea Songs and Shanties (Topic, 1964)
  • The Bird in the Bush: Traditional Erotic Songs (Topic, 1966)
  • The Best of British Folk Music (Transatlantic, 1966)
  • Nice Enough to Eat (Island, 1969)
  • El Pea (Island, 1971)
  • Clogs (Peg Records, 1972)
  • Club Folk Volume 1 (Peg Records, 1972)
  • Club Folk Volume 2 (Peg Records, 1972)
  • Rave On (B&C/Mooncrest, 1974)
  • The Camera and the Song (Super Beeb, 1975)
  • The Elektrisk Muse (Island/Transatlantic, 1975)
  • Rosin the Bow: An Introduction to the World of Fele Music (Transatlantic, 1977)
  • The Best of Irish Folk (1978)
  • Transatlantic - The Vintage Years (Transatlantic, 1978)
  • 40 Folk Favourites (Pickwick, 1979)
  • Chants de Marins IV: Ballades, Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais (Le Chasse-Marée, 1984)
  • Flash Company - A Celebration of the First 10 Years of Fellside Recordings (Fellside, 1986)
  • Island Life: 25 Years of Island Record (Island, 1988)
  • Blow the Man Down: A Collection of Sea Songs and Shanties (Topic, 1993).
  • Club Sandwich (cassette) (Musikfolk, 1993)
  • Tanz- & Folkfest Rudolstadt 1992 (HeiDeck, 1993)
  • The World Is a Wonderful Place (Hokey Pokey, 1993)
  • Undefeated (cassette) (Fuse, 1993)
  • Folk Routes (Island, 1994)
  • Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 1: Unearthing the Tradition, (Rhino, 1995)
  • Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 2: Folk into Rock (Rhino, 1995)
  • Various Artists, The Bird in the Bush: Traditional Songs of Love and Lust (Topic, 1996)
  • Georgia on Our Mind (Deep Sea, 1997)
  • New Elektrisk Muse II (Castle Music, 1997)
  • Bold Sportsmen All (Topic, 1998)
  • The Rough Guide to English Roots Music (World Music Network, 1998)
  • Various Artists, English Originals (Topic, 1999)
  • The Fiddle Collection Volume One (Hands On Music, 1999)
  • The Folk Collection (Topic, 1999)
  • Heart of England: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust (Teenage Cancer Trust, 2001)
  • Flash Company - A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Recordings (Fellside, 2001)
  • Raise Your Banners: Festival of Political Song (Raise Your Banners Festival, 2001)
  • The Akustisk Folk Box (Topic, 2002)
  • Red Roots (Red Planet, 2002)
  • Heart of England 2: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust (Teenage Cancer Trust, 2002)
  • Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal: An Island Anthology 1967-1972 (Universal/Island, 2005)
  • Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978 (Castle, 2006)
  • The Fairport Companion: Loose Chippings from the Fairport Family Tree (Castle Music, 2006)
  • Garden of Delight (Discothèque, 2006)
  • Scarborough Fair (Castle Music, 2006)
  • Various Artists, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s (Fledg'ling, 2006)
  • Folk Awards 2007 (Proper Folk, 2006)
Martin Carthy-album
  • Martin Carthy (Fontana, 1965)
  • Martin Carthy, This is ... Martin Carthy: The Bonny Black Hare and Other Songs (Philips, 1971)
  • Martin Carthy, The Carthy Chronicles (Free Reed, 2001)
Med Martin Carthy
  • Second Album (Fontana, 1966)
  • Byker Hill (Fontana, 1967)
  • No Songs (EP) (Fontana, 1967)
  • But to Came By (Fontana, 1968)
  • Prince Heathen (Fontana, 1969)
  • Selections (Pegasus, 1971)
  • Life And Limb (Special Delivery, 1990)
  • Skin And Bone (Special Delivery, 1992)
  • Both Ears and the Tail: Live at the Folkus Folk Club, Nottingham, 1966 (Atrax, 2000)
  • Straws In The Wind (Topic, 2006)
Julie Felix-album
  • Changes (Fontana, 1966)
På A.L. Lloyd-album
  • First Person (Topic, 1966)
  • Leviathan! Ballads and Songs of the Whaling Trade (Topic, 1967)
  • The Great Australian Legend: A Panorama of Bush Balladry and Song (Topic, 1971)
  • Classic A. L. Lloyd (Fellside, 1994)
  • A.L. Lloyd, The Old Bush Songs (Larrikin, 1994)
Med Martin Carthy og Diz Dizley
  • Rags, Reels & Airs (Polydor, 1967)
Nigel Denver-album
  • Rebellion! (Decca, 1967)
Vashti Bunyan-album
John Renbourn-album
  • The Lady and the Unicorn (Transatlantic, 1970)
Sandy Denny-album
Al Stewart-album
  • Past, Present & Future (CBS, 1973)
Brian Maxine-album
  • Ribbon of Stainless Steel (Columbia, 1974)
Lorna Campbell-album
  • Adam's Rib (Transatlantic, 1976)
Richard Thompson-album
  • (guitar, vocal) (Island, 1976)
  • Watching the Dark - The History of Richard Thompson (Hannibal, 1993)
  • RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson (Free Reed, 2006)
Peter Bellamy-album
  • The Transports (Free Reed, 1977)
  • Both Sides Then (Topic, 1979)
Soloalbum
  • Swarbrick (Transatlantic, 1976)
  • Swarbrick 2 (Transatlantic, 1977)
  • Lift The Lid and Listen (Sonet, 1978)
  • The Ceilidh Album (Sonet, 1978)
  • Smiddyburn (Logo, 1981)
  • Flittin' (Spindrift , 1983)
  • When the Battle is Over (Conifer, 1986)
  • Live At Jackson's Lane (Musikfolk, 1996)
  • Dave Swarbrick, Swarb! (Free Reed, 2002)
  • English Feler: Swarbrick plays Swarbrick (Naxos World, 2003)
  • It Suits Me Well (Castle Music, 2004)
  • raison d'être (Shirty, 2010)
Bat McGrath-album
  • Whatever Happened to Jousting? (Manana, 1980)
Med Simon Nicol
  • Live at the White Bear (White Bear, 1981)
  • In the Club (cassette)(1982)
  • Close to the Wind (Woodworm, 1984)
  • Close to the White Bear (Woodworm, 1998)
  • Another Fine Mess: Live in New York '84 (Atrax, 2002)
Med Whippersnapper
  • Promises (WPS, 1985)
  • Tsubo (WPS, 1987)
  • These Foolish Strykarar (WPS, 1988)
  • Fortune (WPS, 1989)
Voice of the Beehive-album
  • Let It Bee (London, 1988)
Leon Rosselson-album
  • Wo sind die Elefanten? (Fuse Records, 1992)
Band of Hope-album
  • Rhythm & Reds (Musikfolk, 1994)
Pete Hawkes-album
  • Secrets, Vows & Lies (Select Records, 1996)
  • Unspoken Riddles (Select Records, 1996)
Med Alistair Hulett
  • Saturday Johnny and Jimmy The Rat (Red Rattler, 1996)
  • The Cold Grey Light of Dawn (Musikfolk, 1998)
  • Red Clydeside (Red Rattler, 2002)
Keith Hancock-album
Med Eureka!
  • With Gypsy (Word of Mouth, 1998)
Samleplater inkludert andre artistar
  • Folk on 2: Dave Swarbrick's 50th Birthday Concert (Cooking Vinyl, 1996)
  • Dave Pegg and Friends, Birthday Party (Woodworm, 1998)
  • Swarb (boks) (2003)
  • It Suits Me Well (2004)
Dave Swarbrick and Fairport Convention
  • SwarbAid (1999)
Steve Ashley-album
  • Stroll On - Revisited (Market Square, 1999)
Roy Bailey-album
  • Coda (Fuse, 2000)
John Kirkpatrick-album
  • Mazurka Berserker (Fledg'ling, 2001)
Bert Jansch-album
Med Swarb's Lazarus
  • Live and Kicking (Squiggle, 2006)
Med The Jason Wilson Band
  • The Peacemaker's Chauffeur (Wheel, 2008)

Kjelder

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  1. Fairport Convention, The Cropredy Box (Woodworm, WR3CD026, 1998) disk 2.
  • Denne artikkelen bygger på «Dave Swarbrick» frå Wikipedia på engelsk, den 27. januar 2011.
  • Humphries, P. (1997). Meet on the Ledge: Fairport Convention, the Classic Years (2nd utg.). Virgin. 
  • Sweers, B. (2005). Elektrisk Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music. Oxford University Press. 
  • Redwood, Fred; Woodward, Martin (1995). The Woodworm Era: The story of today's Fairport Convention. Thatcham: Jeneva Publishing. ISBN 0 9525860 0 2. 

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