Sam Sweeney at Swift's Hill

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The wonderful English fiddle player Sam Sweeney has been a key member of Bellowhead, Leveret, Eliza Carthy’s Wayward Band and many other collaborations. He’s also made two acclaimed solo albums. He takes us up to the top of Swift’s Hill, where he plays the tune of the same name. Along the way he tells stories of his hero Dave Swarbrick, his unfinished First World War violin and learning to play the bagpipes in six weeks.

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0:00.0	I'm walking down a lane in Gloucestershire near the town of Stroud and I can hear sheep and lambs.
0:23.1	It's a May morning.
0:26.4	And we're going to meet one of the standard bearers of English instrumental music, Sam Sweeney,
0:33.7	fiddle player who has played with so many bands Leverett, Eliza Carthy's wayward band, Bellowhead of course,
0:41.5	but then struck out on his own with some remarkable solo albums.
0:46.1	We've got to hear the stories of those.
0:48.0	But there's one thing I've been really, really missing during the lockdown
0:52.1	and that is getting into a pub
0:54.7	and hearing a bunch of musicians,
0:57.1	giving their all.
0:59.0	And today, that's going to happen
1:01.3	because we're going to meet up with Sam
1:03.6	in the Prince Albert in Stroud,
1:06.4	and he's brought some friends with him.
1:09.2	One, two, three.
1:10.7	One, two, three. I'm I'm I'm
1:28.3	I'm
1:29.3	I'm
1:30.3	I'm going to be. I'm going to I'm the
1:45.0	I'm
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