Fairport Convention Reno Nevada

[@jeffbrown-hill7739]

I cannot fucking believe just how advanced, mature and adventurous Richard's soloing already was at the age of 19!

[@bobgreen623]

And he hasn't even started using his pinky!

[@randalclarke5487]

Couldn't agree more!

[@joeking5310]

I can't believe they chucked out Judy and brought in Sandy. Sandy was great but Judy was better.

[@ernestoclaudodip9671]

​@@joeking5310That's a matter of taste.

[@martyhopkirk6826]

Judy's slow walk back to the mic is absolutely iconic.

[@will2741]

Amazing to see Judy Dyble looking almost intimidatingly cool here. I met her in recent years and she was absolutely the warmest and kindest person you could ever hope to meet. RIP x

[@harvey1954]

Loved her even though I was just a Facebook friend.

[@bobgreen8142]

@@harvey1954 same. Lovely woman.

[@toddparke8535]

I never met her, but we were facebook friends and talked quite a bit, mostly about her dog and her weird recipes. Truly one of a kind.

[@melissachesnut-tangerman8144]

She looks terrified to me - giving nothing in her eyes, all inward. As protection?

Judy Dyble is great on this.

[@seed_drill7135]

It's amazing that after decades of retirement as a librarian, she's back and very active.

[@alexalexin9491]

not only on this is she great. she also sang with king crimson on I Talk To the Wind!

[@Kate1Chopin]

Imho, the band under-utilised Judy. It must have been difficult for her being given such a snippet to sing and then retreating to the back of the stage while the male performers dominated the set. She must have been very tolerant. More sexist times then. The promising start to this song became a virtuoso slot for Thompson with a short reprise of the vocal at the end.

@@Kate1Chopin Judy is featured heavily on most songs from their first album. And in my opinion it was their very best album.

[@michaelwilson2340]

Sad thing is Ashley Hutchins told her she was fired from the band a few days after this performance.

[@michaeligoe3935]

How lovely to see poor Martin , a gifted young musician facing a brutally tragic end, he always maintained the freshness of his teenage years.

[@markfuller3948]

Rest in peace, Judy, we'll miss you hugely.

[@TheGroover72]

It's always so cool how Judy saunters back over to the mic after the jam.

[@lemming9984]

She looks utterly bored during the instrumental section!

[@grantross2609]

​@@lemming9984 could be her depressed demeanour was cos she already knew she was outta the band tho !

[@Danny-hc3le]

R.I.P. JUDY Merci à tout jamais pour ce grand moment de grâce.

[@carlosenriquetrejo3599]

😔❤️🎶

[@rgwebb5165]

Very strong Jefferson Airplane similarity here. I wish we could have had another album or two of this particular incarnation of Fairport.

[@dancingbear86]

I agree! 😊

[@simoncbentinck]

Definitely. Pity…

Much more similar to The Peanut Butter Conspiracy. Take a listen.

[@billking8843]

Only recently discovered JA with Signe and this sounded a lot like them .Two brilliant bands in the line ups before their most celebrated ones but maybe actually their best ones.

[@johnmckenna6203]

Cool! I never heard of them before. Apparently Spencer Dryden played with them for a bit. They definitely have that San Fransisco sound even though they are from LA.

[@helmutsecke3529]

Judy was grand altogether. A top lassie, bless her.

[@jasmin5753]

RIP Judy Dyble ♥️

[@florpcorp]

such a great solo by Richard Thompson, and the whole band is cookin too. also that accent when they sing Nevada lol. "Nevadar"

[@joeking5310]

You must be a yank then.

[@johnhebert3855]

Richard is a good guitarist, without question. But given the tempo of this song, such a long solo doesn't seem appropriate. I mean, were not talking "Green Grass and High Tides" here.

[@gedford]

I saw the band two or three times in this incarnation, before they got into English traditional folk, at the Town and Country Club in Belsize Park. Used to love them.

[@MichaelWilliams-et9zt]

Lucky you. I saw them at Sussex University in October 67.

[@smkelly1970]

Tyger and the late Martin Lamble made quite the rhythm section... and Richard Thompson...DAMN!!!

[@jpatrick317]

I have seen this many times and still find it amazing. I once saw an interview with Joe Boyd, FPC's producer, according to him THAT solo is what got Fairport their 1st contract, he had to get RT under contract. Richard is slightly younger than myself, he was borrowing rifts from Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian at a time when most of us that age had no idea who those guys were, and he has only gotten better with the years.

[@Merlingardiner]

Richard is eight days older than me, I missed the slot but loved the music from first hearing on Top Gear while at University and seeing Fairport Live in Hull in 1968. Richard's solo on Jack Of Diamonds was superb. Only got better over the years but he is still eight days older.

[@MidnightDavid-t6q]

It's astonishing that even way back then, Richard Thompson's (very!) extended instrumental was completely different from what any other guitarist was playing -- amazing!

[@catfdljws]

Watching again for the first time in a few years, and this time my eyes and ears were drawn to Martin's drumming. As Ashley said in his commentary on the 30th ("The Cropredy Box"), we were truly robbed from experiencing more of his talents.

[@garyseeley8911]

Beautiful, outstanding performance

[@dancingbear86]

Incredible fabulous amazing total wow groovy cool performance from early Fairport Convention. Richard, Ian, Judy, Ashley, Simon, and Martin are on fire here. They were such a talented band. The album and the few other recordings made by this line up are awesome. I am glad this performance was preserved. This band and their music is the real deal.

[@raven_of_zoso455]

Damn, that is a good looking band, and they sound just fantastic. Didn't know this was a live recording, nor that this was before Sandy, but Judy was an amazing singer, it's like the perfect mix of The Doors, Velvet Underground and Jefferson Airplane. I was also really surprised to see this song at all on KZbin, and in such good quality, definitely in my top 5 of FC.

[@vibesinthesky]

Did you see the colour version of Time?

[@MichaelWilliams-et9zt]

Perfect mix of Doors, VU and Airplane. Don't forget about the Byrds!

[@MichaelLeinhos]

Judy Dyble deserved to be a big star. Her voice is incredible and she was beautiful.

[@billfaulkner548]

Great Richard Thompson solo here.

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

Judy Dyble really hit her stride singing about going to Reno, Nevada. She owned this song! 👍🏿👍🏿💥💥💥💥

[@christopherbarnett5554]

I still think that their first album with Judy was one of the best they ever did. And yes, I did see them perform with Judy at Aber Coll early 1968 They were wonderful.

Undoubtedly! Some lovely songs on that album. Many featuring the fabulous Judy.

[@jaya6964]

The guitar solo is perfect!

[@tarcisiomoura9629]

In colour! Fantastic! Love this performance!

[@hughtierney9109]

Great drumming: nice light touch and jazzy.

[@Phase2Music]

So good so quick and so young. Glorious! RIP Judy.

[@johnhebert3855]

Judy was a beautiful woman. She rocked that "Katherine Ross affect" real hard.

[@jonmuse166]

Command performance. The pronouncing of Nevada as Nevader cracks me up every time

[@xyz2121]

I live in Arizona (a bordering state) and I pronounce it like that. Anyone in the UK know how you pronounce Wichita?

[@paisleysky1967]

what can I say?....BRILLIANT!!

[@MrDersuUzala]

From the French television programme, Bouton Rouge, I believe 1968.

[@geraldwoodruff3494]

My hometown! I live just outside of Reno now and it's one of the greatest places to live, Most people come to visit and wind up staying! Love Fairpoint and miss Sandy Denny! RIP

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

I could listen to that guitar solo on repeat for a year and never tire of it

[@raymondpierotti8414]

This haas to be the weirdest camerawork I've ever seen, but at least i can say I know how Richard does the fingering on his solo. It is all close-ups , but you never see any of the groups in their entirety. The strangest of all, must be filmingMartin (out of focus) over Simon's left shoulder. Still this a a great group in their early days and a fine performance.

[@sleambean]

Definitely a late 60s cinematography thing! Check out the London '66-67 interstellar overdrive by Pink floyd and you'll see you can never truly see what's going on

[@seed_drill7135]

I saw Ian touring a whole show of Richard Farina material a few years ago as Plainsong.

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Saw that show in Cambridge, MA & got to meet Iain as well as Andy Roberts.

[@TheUnfortunateFilms]

An excellent clip: thank you. Far exceeds Jefferson Airplane in my opinion... and Judy is SO cool.

[@evansmith3589]

She has an autobio out called The Reluctant Singer or similar. (accidental musician!)

[@randycarman]

i read that judy said she couldnt see a thing without her glasses on, that why she has a distant stare in this video.

[@evansmith3589]

@@randycarman I think that's right!

[@mercurialaquarian]

I just love Fairport so much. Absolutely my favorite band.

[@matthewberry3608]

ian and judy sound incredible.. would be curious to hear what would have happened had they stayed in the group. this iteration of FC deserves a bit more credit,..though the sandy denny years were certainly their best.

[@martinmoffitt4702]

very nice

[@bobg56]

And 50 years later, Simon Nicol is still in Fairport.

[@evansmith3589]

With a hiatus of about 1972-76 in Albion Band, etc.

[@lemming9984]

It's Fairport in name only though. Fairport's spirit left a couple of decades ago.

[@ervbefelnareik7604]

No wonder Richard plays so well, those hands! Just like Hendrix.

[@gillesserrigny6324]

No Hendrix. Just like Richard Thompson !

[@ervbefelnareik7604]

@@gillesserrigny6324 only comparing the size of his hands and how he can put his thumb right over top of the fretboard like Hendrix.. Not necessarily comparing the way they play guitar. Both are very good in their own right but different of course

[@gillesserrigny6324]

@@ervbefelnareik7604 After this clarification, we totally agree. 👍

[@andrewmarks269]

Judy looks so lovely. Like. an English version of Nico. The band all look so serious. Heavily influenced by the West Coast bands like the Airplane, but also Dylan. Great stuff.

[@chrisreinert9981]

For all those who like this song, listen to the original version sung by Richard and Mimi Farina. Mimi was Joan Baez sister. Richard died in a motorcycle accident. Check out their output.

[@hni7458]

Thank you kindly mate! Joan's sister and he, Richard, dead with his mc, you say...!!! I've thought about the background to RN. I've checked up on the Net on Mimi now - how little one knows, until a friend tells you... Thank you once again! /Hakan

[@3rdmachineage]

This is so good!!! The Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead thank you or you are one and the same

[@lisalindsey277]

Somebody said in another post that the girl was Sandy Denny. They stand corrected. I like how during the guitar solo she just goes over and sits on the step and waits... lol Great song.

[@Tonks143]

Once, Fairport were playing with Jimi Hendrix and Judy merely sat down while Richard and Jimi swapped licks and began knitting

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@@Tonks143 According to Ashley Hutchings Hendrix borrowed his bass guitar when he joined them on stage.

[@Tonks143]

@@Wotsitorlabart Shame so many people can name Hendrix but so few Fairport

[@pentangle4444]

interesting that of all the Richard and Mimi Farina materials available to perform, Ian Mathews picked Reno Nevada... I don't remember the video being so clear and this is a rare chance to see poor Martin Lamble and great Judy Dyble perform... Judy Dyble did attend some of the Croperty festival events down through the years.. and did Ashley Hutchings and Ian Mathews on a much more frequent basis.. and the songs of Richard and Mimi Farina almost rival Leonard Cohen's songs .. we lost Farina in 1966 and Mimi in 2001. . Fairport with Sandy also performed Farina's Quiet Joys of Brotherhood which I saw them perform live in 1974 in front of Mimi Farina who was in attendance at the festival.

[@tundratunes]

Man, just happened upon this after being a hardcore FC fan for >45 years. I have this song on vinyl as a demo version that producer Joe Boyd felt was too weak to release. Yet this live version is astonishingly good in every way. I believe that like their American peers during this era, e.g. Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, they were better live than what they recorded in the studio.They should figure much higher on the radar of fans of this era than they do. They were all just amazing musicians, bringing to the table a form of "folk-rock" that either equalled or went way beyond what the Americans were doing at the time. And I would rank Richard Thompson alongside my fave virtuoso guitarists, e.g. Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Duane Allman.

[@hni7458]

Yeah, a live band indeed - sooo sturdy musicians all of them - one of the very best then. Jethro T was mention in the same manner. Both with solid Island background - Chris Blackwell was awarded the Polar Prize the other year.

I can verify that they were fantastic live. Saw them a few times at small clubs and they were sensational.

[@tundratunes]

That is nice to hear. Sadly, I did not get to see them live until ca. 1983 playing an old hotel ballroom in Montpelier, Vermont. Still, even then, they were phenomenal. The lineup included Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol (guitars), John Kirkpatrick (accordion), Dave Pegg (bass), and I can no longer recall who was on drums. I was a student at the university up in Burlington and had already begun my lifelong habit of taking LPs with me to get the band to sign. I was waiting when they entered the hotel lobby on their way to begin the show and asked if they could please sign my battered copy of Richard Thompson's double compilation (guitar, vocal). They were all such gentlemen. They replied "not now" as they are focused in starting the gig, but welcome to join them upstairs in their suite for a few pints after the show. I did, and we had a nice long discussion. And, yes, they signed my record! Since then I've seen Richard Thompson solo and with various lineups probably a dozen times in small venues. He really is a humble and lovely person and, as mentioned in my original post, a consummate guitar genius and virtuoso.

[@hni7458]

@@tundratunes Yeah, he is, RT, and desite all the doom & gloom in the tomb he also has a fantastic humour. Here in Stockholm quite a while back in the day he sang 'Sam Jones' in a way that none of us really got depressed 😁

[@RobHollanderMusic]

TY. Delicious relic.

[@MrBillgoodman]

Never seen this in color!

[@vibesinthesky]

You have now!

[@mordecaicarroll]

Judy Dyble R.I.P.

[@mordecaicarroll]

Side note Thompson is a monster soloing on the electric on here. Is it wrong that I kind of wish this lineup made one more record in this kind of psych rock vein? I love unhalfbricking and liege and life too.

[@pentangle4444]

Jeannie Franklyn was known as Genie the Tailor and had a shop on Santa Monica Blvd in La opened in April 1968 providing clothing to many of the rock stars at the time including the Monkies, Cass Elliott and Cream. I note that an official U.S. government document reporting on her death overseas referred to her as Genie Franklin and her parents were Samuel Ochs and Helen Franklin and she was born in NYC in 1942. She was a cousin of Phil Ochs.

[@malcolmspillett8172]

Jack Bruce's first solo album "Songs For a Tailor" was dedicated to her.

[@granthurlburt4062]

THIS sounds a little like Jeff Airpl or the Dead in R.T.'s soloing for a short time around 3:00. Shows his remarkable ability, speed, crispness,and adventurousness. And live!

[@StephenMerchant-up8sg]

Secrets out, Fairport were jazzers all the time! Swinging like hell there.....nice..

[@richardhoner7842]

Wow.

[@livemusicisbetter2]

4:03 I've noticed a lot of great guitarist have freakishly long fingers. Would make it easier to play with than short stubby fingers for sure!

[@cbot72]

Bass is the instrument for the short fingers methinks. Drums too perhaps

[@johnstack5008]

Take a look at this little girl with tiny hands playing guitar. It's amazing how flexible our hands can be. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHuuip2Ompt0eac

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Where do a bunch of English kids learn to conjure up this witchcraft? What an incredible performance.

[@vibesinthesky]

Plucked from the ether

Weed maybe.

[@70sMod]

😮wow😮

[@rocco777777]

Wow, this is great. So young and so talented--and so sad that one of them would be desrined to pass so young. Just out of interest what is the brand of that Les Paul, I don't recognise the headstock logo?

[@richardpearson1826]

I think it might be a DeArmond.

[@terenzioamelino354]

great band!

[@michaelwilson9450]

Iain looks like a friendly Liam Gallagher.I love Richard's solo!

[@TheNashjim]

Love it!!

[@juliocampos2617]

Surprising version from Fairport Convention, unknown to me, still with Judy Dible and Ian Matthews, of this Farina's epic. I still prefer, though, the version from Ian Matthews' first solo album ( which I remember was called something like ).

[@pentangle4444]

we lost Judy Dyble in 2020 at age 71 or 51 years after loss of Martin Lamble

[@dbitgood1]

Walk that bass Tyger!

[@dannycheesums]

Better than the entire output of the Grateful Dead

[@billsims1033]

LMAO. Very different to the Dead. I love early FC but the GD at their peak are legendary.

[@jeffbrown-hill7739]

​​@@billsims1033 Agreed. Fairport's jamming style is a little more focused, less psychedelic, and perhaps more powerful for it. Just depends on the mood I'm in.

[@xyz2121]

Great song. I remember them performing this live at the Mothers Club in Erdington, Birmingham back in the 60s. They were never much like Jefferson Airplane (other than having a female vocalist). Their sound was much more like The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.

[@harvey1954]

They both had female lead singers on their first albums who were replaced by female singers who would become more famous.

[@RobHollanderMusic]

I hear the relationship to the Airplane regardless of each group having a female vocalist. Richard playing a Jorma-esque lead guitar in the jam for instance. I doubt FC were lifting from the Peanut Butter Conspiracy.

[@globalguy2006]

RIP, Judy :(

[@iandixon2201]

RIP Judy

[@michaelwilson9450]

Ashley Hutchings looks like a Knight of The Round Table.

[@masterjake731]

4:28 Looks Like Iain is kn a naughty step

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

5:52 *Walks back to the mic*

[@masterjake731]

This reminds me of prog rock the solo in a good way

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

Wow. Pure , like the Doors .

[@eottoe2001]

They were so young. Dyble was 17 or 18 at the time.

[@MB-mh6xv]

Yep. This.

"What's that you say? Four & a half minute guitar solo? Righty Ho, I'll just go and have a bit of a sit down. And then utterly steal the clip by getting back up with unassailably nonchalant cool when you've finished showing off..."

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

MrTurner - well put - apparently she used to sit and knit whilst Floyd played at the UFO (could've been a club before this) club - lol!! however, Mister Thompson does not show off - I don't believe in any gods - but if I did - well - he might qualify!"!

[@robertrichman6873]

True that, honeychurchgipsy6! Similarly, Grace Slick would often take a seat or stand nearby to watch Jorma and Jack tear it up during breaks in her songs with Jefferson Airplane, visibly impressed by their expertise and giving her nod of approval as she stepped forward to pick up the mic again.

[@marceloaraujo8728]

💎☮💎

[@marceloaraujo8728]

tempos mágicos; e preciosos

[@xiropigado]

Can this band do no wrong?

[@tvo2563]

Hard to think of Fairport as a bunch of Bay area Dead Heads!

[@evansmith3589]

Often the Airplane they were compared to had Signe A., not Grace Slick.

[@aicdbckmkemcm]

The beginning of the solo does sound like one of the solos on the studio version of Caution by the Dead

[@grzegorzwojcik153]

They say that Judy has just passed away

[@IndigoJo]

What is the guitar Richard is playing? I knew he played a Gibson Les Paul with P90s early on but this is an imitation Les Paul with humbuckers. (Didn't know there were imitation Les Pauls in 1968; thought they were a 70s thing.)

[@tonybaker7484]

Someone says it's a Grimshaw.

[@StealthyAssassin007]

I just noticed Ashley finger picks with one finger, don’t see that too often

[@charliemaguire2210]

Ref the headliner comments Sandy was not in the Van on that fateful night i believe

[@vibesinthesky]

Yes Charlie, that is true that Sandy had got a lift in another vehicle, it doesn't look like I made that clear in the description

[@andrewarsenault1906]

OK you guitar nerds out there...What brand is that Les Paul look-a-like Richard Thompson is playing? My guess is DeArmond...No poker chip at P.U. switch, flat, slightly curved tail piece, strange looking fret markers. I couldn't get a look at the headstock...

[@fossilmatic]

It’s apparently a Grimshaw GS-30. A licensed copy of a Gibson, apparently. Seems from the date of the clip that it predated the Gibson ES175 he played on the first album and the Les PaulGoldtop he had by the end of 68. It’s not mentioned in his Beeswing autobiography, but checking out pictures of the model it seems a match.

[@bhs6252]

The title is misleading I thought this was a live performance in Reno Nevada?

[@vibesinthesky]

B.H. S a bit difficult to give it another title as the song is called “Reno Nevada” 😻

[@StealthyAssassin007]

Lmao THIS guy. Idiot

[@grantross2609]

Dyble & Lamble tho.......!

[@MrJasonroy]

best version is ian Matthews

[@manricofiorentini4957]

This one is maximum

[@OVERLOOKED65]

i still like Iain Matthews version better

[@sunkintree]

Snufkin on drums

[@masterjake731]

The guy on drums is martin lamble he died one year after this in an accident

[@RossJohnson-nd6yh]

watching these 60s and 70s artists makes me realize how horrible, formulaic, uninventive, repetitive and revoltingly boring 99% of todays music is

[@chicanoghost818]

Mikey Day on the drums everybody!

[@StealthyAssassin007]

Edward Vega the fuck? Nah that’s Martin Lamble lol

[@mikewilson3581]

According to the Sandy Denny biography 'I've Always Kept A Unicorn' a few days after this appearance on the Baton Rouge tv show Judy was fired from the band. Ashley Hutchins was the one to give her the bad news.

[@grantross2609]

she does look a bit down here........ maybe she knew !

[@grantg60]

I am so glad that Fairport stopped doing this kind of stuff and moved on to better things.

[@jimmyjazz2504]

This is not Folk music by any stretch, if anything it's Psychedelic put it in the dumpster!

[@Stewart2240]

What was it Big Bill Broonzy said, "all music is folk music, I ain't never heard any horses singing it" ?

[@eveostay]

That's funny, I thought it was jazz

[@mahatmacote6478]

I bet Richard Thompson is embarrassed by this now

[@vibesinthesky]

Mahatma Cote why would he be?

[@mahatmacote6478]

@@vibesinthesky well his playing has a lot to be desired. Do you think 40 years later his skill level is the same?? Any player looking at and listening to himself decades later will be critical - and really his playing there was not exactly top notch!

[@vibesinthesky]

Mahatma Cote yes but he’ll probably look back at his playing as simply a young man learning his trade ....

[@mahatmacote6478]

@@vibesinthesky no, he won't. He will be deeply ashamed, and he'll cover his head in rough sacking and dirt from the ground, wailing and weeping "oh why is it on film, and I was so awful". Trust me.

[@vibesinthesky]

Mahatma Cote I do trust you 😂

[@suzukikawasaki3422]

I like this girl