Today's shots from the roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE feature the magnificent Fairport Convention. Let's start out with the late great Sandy Denny singing her signature tune "Who Know Where The Time Goes?" off my favorite Fairport album UNHALFBRICKING (1969). Dig Richard Thompson's gtr playing throughout the song commenting on Sandy's breathtaking vocal - one of the best deliveries of any song I can remember - truly haunting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8

Here's one from their 2nd album, the 1st of 2 they released in 1969, this is "Tale In Hard Time" from WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAYS - like the guy says "Sounding like The Beta Band meets The Byrds" - dig Richard Thompson's stinging gtrs in the middle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLvDinvnMwk

Last of the evening. After he left Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson made a series of records w/his wife Linda. The title track from their last album, SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS (1982), played live 3yrs later by Richard - "Shoot Out The Light" - this is the apocalypse landing on a marriage. His gtr is shocking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iMbP6TcU4Q