The Folking.com 2018 Chris Leslie Interview from Cropredy

Chris Leslie with Martin Jenkins mandolin

It would not be Cropredy without an interview with the ‘Jewel In The Crown’ of the Fairport five, so here are Paul Johnson and Darren Beech again with their annual Cropredy chat with Mr. Chris Leslie just after Fairport Convention opened the festival on the Thursday afternoon.

In the interview, we talk about The New Forest Folk Festival, Gerry Colvin and the bucket, £35 Plectrums, Maart and remember Whippersnapper and the much-missed Martin Jenkins. Click on the play button below to listen.

We thought it would also be lovely idea to share a clip from the folking video archive of that Whippersnapper tour, when the band played Petworth, which also includes a vocal performance by that much missed English folk treasure Swarb.

Here is ‘Loving Hannah’.

If you would like to order a copy of an Whippersnapper album (CD or Vinyl format), download a copy or just listen to snippets of selected tracks then click below to be taken to our associated partner Amazon’s website (use the left and right arrows below to scroll along or back to see the full selection).

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