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BANBURY, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Dave Pegg of Fairport Convention performs at Fairport's Cropredy Convention at Cropredy on August 08, 2024 in Banbury, England. (Photo by Steve Thorne/Getty Images)

“It was painful for me to listen to Ian Anderson’s voice. I felt for him a lot”: Dave Pegg on why he quit Jethro Tull, beating Metallica to a Grammy, gigging with John Bonham and working with Nick Drake in a smelly squat

By Andrew Daly published

The proud owner of a broken Grammy award is regarded as a revelation in folk rock with Fairport Convention – but he only played bass that way because he didn’t know what else to do

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Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol looks back on 55 years of the band that transformed British music

By David Mead published

Nicol reflects on a guitar journey that went on to change the country's musical landscape, writing new songs that sounded like they had been recovered from the century before

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Dave Pegg

Dave Pegg and Testament's Steve Di Giorgio talk Jethro Tull, folk rock, fretless bass and Fairport Convention

By Steve Di Giorgio published

Worlds collide when a thrash legend meets his hero...

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The Hybrid-Picked, Drop-D Delights of Richard Thompson

By Dale Turner published

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