Now he has really died, age 75 and I wonder if we will ever see his like again.
Here, very much younger, he is playing "The Hens' March" accompanied by Simon Nichol on guitar.
Rest in Peace, "Swarb". We folk aficionados are going to miss your playing and quirky humour.
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Okay...how did he get that chicken in his violin/fiddle? That was great!
Crow:
It just gives a flavour of the man, Martha. Not only a terrific fiddler, but a very humorous raconteur
I like how he 'talks' with his eyebrows as he plays, which he does very well, if that didn't come across in what I'd written before. I'm glad for the link to their playing.
There's definitely some chooks dancing there!
love the daughter xx
Daughter:
Saw him about 3 years ago, with Pete and Jane at St Mary's Church, Ashford. He was doing a gig with Martin Carthy and must have then been over 70. He had had a double lung transplant (emphysema)and was breathing via a (decorated) tracheotomy but it did not interfere with his performance and humour.
He always played with a cigarette stuck to his lower lip and I guess that was the cause of his condition.
Pa xx
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