Concert At Cromer Pier - female vocals

[JimS]

Hi All

It is just over thirty years since I last saw Fairport Convention and, although the songs were new, the basic style and fun seemed the same.  What also interested me were two questions about the support group.  They were quite good, but what happened to the fiddle player Kat?  I saw someone in the backstage area that looked very much like her.  Secondly, Is it possible that Beth is being groomed for a female vocal role in the group (you could never replace Sandy Denny)?  This would add another dimension to the group.

Regards
JimS

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

Through the years FC have asked their support acts to sing on MOTL whether female or not. There have been many lovely female vocalists singing with them on other projects.. such as Chris While on the Leige & Leif set.

I imagine that Beth is one of this long string of talent.....

[Jim]

i doubt very much that fairport are grooming young ladies and i dont think they are currently looking for a female chantoozy as the money would have to be split 6 ways(7 if you count Brav)

[David W]

If Fairport were looking for a female singer I think Chris While would currently top the list, a few years back the choice would have been Vikki Clayton and I think the last female vocalist to have recorded a studio album with FC was Cathy LeSurf.

Jackdaw

[Nick Reg]

If Fairport were looking for a female singer I think Chris While would currently top the list, a few years back the choice would have been Vikki Clayton and I think the last female vocalist to have recorded a studio album with FC was Cathy LeSurf.

Jackdaw

Wasn't Julianne Regan considered once?

[davidmjs]

...and I think the last female vocalist to have recorded a studio album with FC was Cathy LeSurf.

Jackdaw

And that was only as a 'guest'....

[Jim]

If Fairport were looking for a female singer I think Chris While would currently top the list, a few years back the choice would have been Vikki Clayton and I think the last female vocalist to have recorded a studio album with FC was Cathy LeSurf.

Jackdaw

Wasn't Julianne Regan considered once?



i bet she was

[Chris]

The band are just doing their best to encourage the girls, and Beth in particular, along the musicians highway life.
If you'd witnessed the amount of behind the scenes practice & improvisation they've been doing, you'd be as mightily impressed as I am.

Beth started on WKWTTG with no encouragement from the lads, and Simon only heard Beth sing it the first time in Berwick.