Richard Thompson & Dave Swarbrick:Sloth.

[@ScarletSweetPea]

My god, I never thought I'd hear Swarb sing again. Wonderful.

[@Trainer54]

Thanks Simmo. A privilege to be there to witness this. What a great evening!

[@PoulTheodorsen]

Been listening to Swarb all evening. Such a big loss of a great musician.

[@2wayplebney]

This is the first performance of Sloth I've seen since Sandy Denny was in the band! Brilliant.

[@mickigoe]

Two of the revival titans showing how endurable musical genius is. Thanks SIMM.

[@Riatzi]

I am moved to tears by this.

[@Shagnarsty]

Swarbs voice still has that edge and that fiddle work is bloody excellent

[@johnhalley7114]

Goodbye, David. Heaven has a new fiddler. It's not fair! We need more like him!

[@Rootsfran]

It was a brilliant evening, am so glad I was there, thanks for posting the video and thanks to the artists and manager for letting you!

[@LaMax61auc]

Incredible SWARB! Immortal fiddle. Hope to see you again playng live in Italy. MAXIMO

[@magnu28948]

Utterly beautiful. Stumbled on this by accident and so glad I did.

[@pentangle4444]

Listening to Swarb's music all weekend for obvious reasons.. thanks for over 45 plus years of musical genius, great humor and passion and building Fairport into a musical dynasty

[@RoyceLerwick]

I just shared these guys with the "Hen's March" and now this, some 40 years later or so. Wow. I feel old. And blessed to have heard these guys in my lifetime.

[@pogospace]

When these two play it makes my heart leap with joy

[@madmick1976xxx]

I had the pleasure of seeing David produce a record at my aunties pub at the white bear in masham and the memory will always be with me

[@bobgreen623]

RIP Swarb. One of the greats, a top bloke.

[@PDSJohn]

Dear Swarb I hope you know how many people still love you to bits I remember when you did the whole of the Babbacombe Lee album live at Manchester Free Trade Hall - Stirring stuff

[@GiantCalGunner]

Thanks for posting this Peter. I will miss Swarb.

[@RTFan52]

Wow - a rare treat to see this. You asked for titles on one of the other videos - this is Sloth. It's an old Fairport song that used to feature a long electric guitar workout from RT.

[@The_momur]

These two are as awesome as ever! Ah I dream of crossing the pond someday to attend Cropredy.

[@jinjocat]

I can't tell you how much I love these two guys.

[@fingling8]

So poignant and ... full of space. Beautiful and inventive, full of camaraderie.

[@chrisdansey2600]

'Bye Swarb, Thanks for all the music,

[@manuman27]

RT and Swarbs.......playing SLOTH long and slow brilliant

[@Broblem12]

It is great to see them perform together!!!

[@RobHollanderMusic]

Wonderful glance between old friends at approx 3 min mark.

[@thatfullmoonguy2330]

Didn't know he passed away.. This video still is fascinating; beautifully played!

[@treefrogdemon]

It was July 24 2009 at The Waterside Centre, National Forest Folk Club in Leicestershire. I was there!

[@TRADERHORNE]

Outstanding!Thank You,I like the look they give each other at 2:58 after the little miss-step at 2:56.

[@DarrenBeech]

Great work Pete. Well captured! Great to see that you are as busy as ever.

[@UncleBoko]

Magic - many thanks

[@MrGordongemmell]

Magical.

[@Tomsprints2]

I still vividly remember the massive standing ovation for Swarb at Martin Carthy's 60th birthday concert in Oxford in 2001. No one had seen him perform for ages. He was in a wheelchair, on an oxygen cylinder (it was before his lung transplants). Yet the music was still all right there with him from the first note played. I admit, I was in bits at the end of their duet. Finding it really hard this week to grasp that he's gone. Let's hope there's a really good new anthology quite soon. The Free Reed set of a few years back is wonderful, but Swarb went on to make more yet more great stuff after it came out. And is someone going to produce a book about him? Please!

[@tre243t]

At 1.52 I broke..... At 54 lots of tears - raw personal emotion .. As someone says time maches OM.

[@Shagnarsty]

Brilliant, thank you

[@yeoralph1952]

two greats

[@Madradin]

Awesome

[@drstevie]

Brilliant.

[@robinhughes5968]

He died on my birthday....been through rehab since. Must let the past go but difficult when you hear this.

[@billtheluteman]

Robin Hughes Saw him a couple of years before he went, in Worcester with Martin. He was swinging a pint of something , and he winked at me and said “Water, how the mighty have fallen!” God, I’ll miss him.

[@aaronsauers6193]

Absolutely LOVE Sloth. I first heard it a couple weeks ago on WXPN out of Harrisburg. Been hooked on it ever since.

[@diabl666o]

The classic Fairport, but even better.

[@mandolindawn]

no finer a fiddle player than Dave Swarbrick,what a sad loss.

[@dhutton77]

2wayplebyney; a version of Fairport that did not include Sandy Denny originally recorded this on Full House; she did return later to the group briefly, and probably played on some live recordings,

[@Shagnarsty]

Swarbs voice still has that edge

[@JStarStar00]

Obviously it was a struggle for Swarb to even get through the song but there are flashes of what he used to be. Two great talents.

[@paucannell]

Swarbrick and Thompson made Fairport Convention in my opinion

[@williammorris1]

awww swarby!!

[@lumeuriancities]

he can still sing wow. thought last time was moat on ledge and early 1990s

[@rca88]

+James Billian yeah, wow, i'm really glad to see that. It's great to see these old friends together, and the very quiet ending 7:30 on, they're playing/singing for each other. Thanks +Peter Simmonds for the post.

[@michaelcullum53]

when does this date from?

[@whsonic]

when and where was this recorded?

[@andytownboy]

When was this?

[@peterandrews1177]

Not sure what the plural for genius is, but there' s two of them right there. Felt bad enough when Swarb left us but I don't want to be around when RT goes.

[@lumeuriancities]

how is galley beggar doing when is is third coming out.

[@jondoe8889]

Dave is a bit stiff these days, but as expressive as ever!