The Best Fairport Convention Guitar Solos

Fairport Convention electrified British traditional song, and in teenage Richard Thompson they had a lead guitarist who treated modal folk melodies like jazz standards. His angular, fiddle-inspired runs across the band's 1968-1970 records laid down a blueprint for folk-rock guitar that is still studied today.

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1. 1
   Sloth

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1970
2. 2
   Matty Groves

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
3. 3
   A Sailor's Life

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
4. 4
   Tam Lin

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
5. 5
   Come All Ye

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
6. 6
   Mason's Apron

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1977
7. 7
   Walk Awhile

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1970
8. 8
   Sir Patrick Spens

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1970
9. 9
   Doctor of Physick

   Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1970
10. 10
    Mr. Lacey

    Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
11. 11
    Tale in Hard Time

    Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
12. 12
    Cajun Woman

    Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969
13. 13
    Time Will Show the Wiser

    Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1968
14. 14
    Nottamun Town

    Fairport Convention · solo by Richard Thompson · 1969