RIP Swarb

Budgie · June 2016

RIP Dave Swarbrick.

Another great loss and a real hero of mine. A man with a superb sense of humour, a very fine fiddle player and a great singer, especially with Fairport Convention.

Another sad day indeed

chillidoggy · June 2016

Oh, dear.

Phil_aka_Pip · June 2016

ICBM · June 2016

RIP

earwighoney · June 2016

Meh. I've been listening to a lot of him and Carthy, Swarb's playing is really inspirational.

RIP

This is one of my favourites

chugington · June 2016

A real virtuoso. I really loved his voice - especially on 'Now be thankful' - soulful but in a very English folk way. Very sad indeed. RIP.

EricTheWeary · June 2016

I've seen Fairport a few times but always post his days in them. But part of such an interesting band and clearly a talented man. RIP

impmann · June 2016

:-( Sad news

JCA2550 · June 2016

Nooooo!

Bugger.

Basher · June 2016

A sad loss. A great musician and a very funny bloke.

Probably no surprise, given his recent health, but he did manage to live 17 years after his obituary was printed in the Telegraph, which is something I suppose!

Here's their second shot at it, which shows his humorous side quite well

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/03/dave-swarbrick-musician--obituary/