Tag Archives: Dave Pegg

THE GPs – In 1981 There Was: Live In Concert

March 10, 2025

Talking Elephant 2025 Caught between “Full House” and “Streets Of London” but feeling free enough, rustic-rock royalty have a jolly good time. When three erstwhile Fairporters – Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg and Dave Mattacks – and Ralph McTell decided to … Continue reading →

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Thompson, McTell, Pegg, Mattacks: THE GPs Live Album To Be Out

January 22, 2025

The GPs might be the least known supergroup of all, just because three Fairporters – Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg and Dave Mattacks – and Ralph McTell didn’t record anything. They graced the stage, though, the whopping four times they did, … Continue reading →

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DAVID CARROLL AND FRIENDS – Bold Reynold Too

June 24, 2024

Talking Elephant 2024 The second, yet second to none, chapter of a breathtaking endeavor from performers of esteemed vintage – possessed of envious vim and impeccable taste. With the first advent of being so perfect as to set a new … Continue reading →

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Massive Box Set Explores FAIRPORT CONVENTION’s ’80s

May 20, 2024

If FAIRPORT CONVENTION were the foremost folk-rock ensemble in England in the ’70s, the next decade found them at a loss, August 4th, 1979 marking the band’s farewell performance – staged at the village of Cropredy where they promised to … Continue reading →

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British Folk Rock Elite Bring “Bold Reynold” Back

May 8, 2024

2023’s was a sensational folk-rock enterprise that could be considered a new milestone in the genre’s existence, yet for the project’s mastermind David Carroll, he of SPINNING WHEEL fame, the album was first and foremost an exhilarating excursion down memory … Continue reading →

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