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Iain Matthews (born Ian Matthews MacDonald, 16 June 1946) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthews Southern Comfort, which had a UK number one in 1970 with their cover of Joni Mitchell 's "Woodstock". [2]
4. Mai 2024 · Some interpretations suggest that the song makes reference to the afterlife. The line, “We saw him standing there by the crest of the hill” suggests that Martin Lamble is looking down on them from beyond. However, Richard Thompson has repeatedly stated in interviews that the song is not specifically about Lamble. Instead, the song speaks to ...
10. Juli 2020 · Sadly, it took a tragedy to prod them in that direction. In May 1970 their van careered off the M1 on the way back from a gig, killing drummer Martin Lamble but leaving the others virtually unscathed. When they regrouped a month or so later they enlisted Dave Swarbrick as a full-time member. Setting their sights at Cecil Sharp House – the ...
Martin Lamble, drummer with Fairport Convention, was killed when the band’s van crashed on the M1 in the early hours of the morning as they returned from this gig at Mothers club in Birmingham (13th). Ashley Hutchings and Richard Thompson are injured while designer Jeannie Franklin (Thompson’s girlfriend) is also killed. Roadie Harvey Bramham, who had fallen asleep at the wheel, is later ...
Unhalfbricking is the third studio album by the English folk rock band Fairport Convention and their second album released in 1969. It is seen as a transitional album in their history and marked a further musical move away from American influences towards more traditional English folk songs that had begun on their previous album, What We Did on Our Holidays and reached its peak on the follow ...
29. Jan. 2018 · On May 12, 1969, on the way home from a show at Mothers in Birmingham, the band’s van wrecked on the motorway, killing drummer Martin Lamble and Thompson’s girlfriend Jeannie Franklyn, and injuring the rest of Fairport’s members. With this black cloud hanging over its head, to say nothing of the horror of loss, Fairport Convention thought itself over and was considering disbanding ...
