Dave Pegg
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Dave Pegg being interviewed in 2014
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Pegg |
| Born |
2 November 1947 Acocks Green, Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Rock, folk rock, electric folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar, mandolin |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Labels | Woodworm, Matty Grooves |
| Associated acts | Fairport Convention, Ian Campbell Folk Group, Jethro Tull |
| Website | fairportconvention |
| Notable instruments | |
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Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass Crafter Centaur 5 String Bass Ibanez SRA505 Bass |
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Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of important folk and rock groups including The Ian Campbell Folk Group and Jethro Tull. He has appeared on some of the most significant albums of his era, as well as undertaking solo projects. His style of playing bass has been particularly influential in electric folk music.
David Pegg was born on 2 November 1947, at Acocks Green, Birmingham, England. He began to learn guitar when 14 or 15, inspired by The Shadows, and played in a school band at Yardley Grammar school.
After leaving school he worked as an insurance clerk for about a year while playing in a part-time bands the Crawdaddys and The Roy Everett Blues Band, who supported several performers from the flourishing Birmingham beat scene of the time, including the Spencer Davis Group and The Moody Blues. In 1966 he auditioned for The Uglys, featuring Steve Gibbons and was beaten to the position by friend and guitarist Roger Hill, but was offered the job of bass guitarist and switched instruments.
The Uglys cut one single before Pegg and Hill left to form a blues trio, The Exception, with singer Alan Eastwood. At this period he played with Robert Plant and in his next band, The Way of Life, the drummer was John Bonham, later both went to form Led Zeppelin. In 1967 he joined the Ian Campbell Folk Group, where he switched to stand-up bass, learnt to play the mandolin and acquired his affection for folk music. It was also where he came to the attention of local folk guitarist Ralph McTell and former Campbell Group and future Fairport Convention member Dave Swarbrick.
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