What is Dave Swarbrick?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Dave Swarbrick | image = Dave Swarbrick.jpg | caption = Swarbrick performing in Toronto, 1977 | landscape = Yes | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = David Cyril Eric Swarbrick | alias = 'Swarb' | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1941|4|5}} | birth_place = [[New Malden]], [[Surrey]], England | death_date = 3 June 2016 (aged 75) | instrument = Violin, viola, mandolin, guitar | genre = [[Folk music]], [[folk rock]], [[electric folk]] | occupation = Musician, songwriter, arranger | years_active = 1960s&nbsp;– 2016 | label = [[Transatlantic Records|Transatlantic]], [[Sonet Records|Sonet]], [[Logo Records|Logo]] | associated_acts = [[Ian Campbell Folk Group]], [[Martin Carthy]], [[Fairport Convention]], [[Whippersnapper (band)|Whippersnapper]], [[Swarb's Lazarus]] | website = | notable_instruments = }} '''David Cyril Eric Swarbrick''' (5 April 1941&nbsp;– 3 June 2016) was an [[English people|English]] [[folk music|folk]] musician and singer-songwriter. He was one of the most highly known musicians produced by the [[English folk music|second British folk revival]]. His work for the group [[Fairport Convention]] from 1969 along with their album album ''[[Liege & Lief]]'' (1969) was thought to create the [[electric folk]] movement. Swarbrick died on 3 June 2016 from [[emphysema]], aged 75.<ref>{{cite web|last1=News|title=Musician Dave Swarbrick Of Fairport Convention Dies at 75|url=http://www.thatericalper.com/2016/06/04/musician-dave-swarbrick-of-fairport-convention-dies-at-75/|access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category-inline|Dave Swarbrick}} * [http://www.folkicons.co.uk/swarb.htm Dave Swarbrick Official Website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Swarbrick, Dave}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Catego