It was a thouroughly enjoyable evening, and unlike some of the recent concerts I have attended it was close on a full house (appologies for yet another Fairport album pun). I doubt if there were more than a handful in the audiance that did not qualify for the senior discount.
Great interplay between Rick Sanders fiddle and Chris Leslies mandolin throughout, and what a great bassist and all round entertaining fellow Dave Peg is. Simon Nicol's voice is holding up well, it is the bands 49th year and he is the only original member.
Crazy Man Micheal was a highlight for me, Nicol doing an excelent job on a song so closley associated with Sandy Denny. Other "oldies" included "Ye Mariners All", "Walk a While", "Lord Marlbourough" (written by an 18th century Alastair Campbell), "Matty Groves" and the inevitable encore "Meet on the Ledge".
And not just nostalga, there was a lot for their "most recent" album ("we won't say last, thats tempting providence") "Myths and Heros" and "Hawkwoods Army" for a 2007 album was a standout anlng with a Chris Leslie song about the North West Passage" which I look for (the song, not the passage).
And I won't say any more about the Steeleye Span parody "Crudites" for fear or spoiling it for those woh may be catching them on this tour.