Dave Pegg
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Dave Pegg, born on 2 November 1947 in Birmingham, England, is a bassist. After playing guitar in school bands, he became a professional musician in the mid 1960s. He failed an audition as guitarist with The Uglys, a Birmingham-based rock group led by Steve Gibbons, but was offered the job of bassist.
Pegg also played double bass for a short while with Birmingham-based folk ensemble The Ian Campbell Folk Group. During this stint he met Birmingham fiddle-player Dave Swarbrick, who introduced Pegg to Fairport Convention in 1970. Ashley Hutchings, the band's founder and bassist, had left to form Steeleye Span and Pegg took over. Pegg's tenure with Fairport has been unbroken since then.
When Fairport disbanded in 1979, Pegg joined the rock band Jethro Tull and he played with them for much of the 1980s. However, Fairport reformed as a full-time band in 1985 with Pegg still on bass. In 1987 Jethro Tull toured the USA with Fairport Convention as support act: Pegg played in both bands at each concert.
Since 1979, Fairport has staged Cropredy Festival, a three-day music event in Oxfordshire. Until recently it was organised by Pegg and his former wife Christine: since their divorce, the band as a whole organises the festival.
Pegg now lives in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He has a daughter, Stephanie, who works as a PR consultant: his son, Matt Pegg, is a bassist who has played with, among others, Procol Harum and Francis Dunnery.
External links
- Fairport Convention's website (http://www.fairportconvention.com)
- Jethro Tull's website (http://www.jethrotull.com)