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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
- Rosie (Dave Swarbrick)
- Matthew, Mark, Luke & John (Dave Pegg/Dave Swarbrick)
- Knights Of The Road (Trevor Lucas/Peter Roche)
- Peggy's Pub (Dave Pegg)
- The Plainsman (Words: Peter Roche/Music: Trad arr Trevor Lucas)
- Hungarian Rhapsody (Dave Pegg)
- My Girl (Dave Swarbrick)
- Me With You (Dave Swarbrick)
- The Hen's March Through The Midden (Trad arr Fairport Convention)
- 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
