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Dave Swarbrick

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Also known as Swarb

British folk musician and singer-songwriter

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1941-04-05
Active to
2016-06-03
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Dave Swarbrick (born 5 April 1941; died 3 June 2016) was an English folk musician. He played violin, viola, mandolin, and guitar. His work with Fairport Convention from 1969 is usually credited with leading them to produce their seminal album Liege and Lief (1969) which initiated the electric folk movement. Swarbrick was born in New Malden, Surrey and grew up in Birmingham. He learnt the rudiments of the violin from a local fiddler and attended the Birmingham College of Art (now the Birmingham

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Instance of
human
Given name
Eric
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
New Malden
Place of death
London
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
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Dave Swarbrick
manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1941-04-05
date of death
2016-06-03
cause of death
pneumonia
birth name
David Cyril Eric Swarbrick
name in native language
Dave Swarbrick
start of work period
2016-00-00
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