Rosie (album)

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Rosie
Studio album by Fairport Convention
Released	February 1973
Genre	Folk-Rock
Label	Island Records
Producer	Trevor Lucas
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Babbacombe Lee (1971) Rosie (1973) Nine (1973)

Rosie is the eighth studio album by folk-rock outfit Fairport Convention, released in 1973.

The album was the first to feature Australian singer-songwriter guitarist Trevor Lucas and American lead guitarist Jerry Donahue. Both had previously played with ex-Fairport Sandy Denny, to whom Lucas was married, in the short-lived Fotheringay. Here they had effectively replaced Simon Nicol who had quit Fairport to join another ex-member Ashley Hutchings in The Albion Band, thus leaving the band with no original members until he rejoined in 1976.

Drummer Dave Mattacks also joined the Albion Band for a while but rejoined during the making of Rosie. He only plays on four of the ten tracks; on others drums are handled alternately by Tim Donald and Gerry Conway. Conway himself would join Fairport in 1999 and remains with them to this day.

[edit] Tracks

1. Rosie (Dave Swarbrick)
2. Matthew, Mark, Luke & John (Dave Pegg/Dave Swarbrick)
3. Knights Of The Road (Trevor Lucas/Peter Roche)
4. Peggy's Pub (Dave Pegg)
5. The Plainsman (Words: Peter Roche/Music: Trad arr Trevor Lucas)
6. Hungarian Rhapsody (Dave Pegg)
7. My Girl (Dave Swarbrick)
8. Me With You (Dave Swarbrick)
9. The Hen's March Through The Midden (Trad arr Fairport Convention)
10. Furs and Feathers (Dave Swarbrick)

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Swarbrick: vocals, fiddle, viola, mandolin, acoustic guitar
• Trevor Lucas: vocals, 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars
• Jerry Donahue: guitars, backing vocals
• Dave Pegg: vocals, bass, mandolin
• Dave Mattacks: drums, percussion, piano

[edit] Additional personnel

• Richard Thompson: electric and 12-string guitars (Track 1)
• Sandy Denny: backing vocals (Track 1)
• Linda Peters: backing vocals (Track 1)
• Gerry Conway: drums (Tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Tim Donald: drums (Tracks 2, 6 & 7)
• Ralph McTell: acoustic guitar (Track 8)

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