20 Facts About Dave Pegg

Dave Pegg was born on 2 November 1947 and is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, primarily a bass guitarist.

Dave Pegg is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk and rock groups including the Ian Campbell Folk Group and Jethro Tull.

David Pegg was born on 2 November 1947, at Acocks Green, Birmingham, England.

On joining the band Dave Pegg had moved his family from Birmingham and into the former pub, the Angel in Hadham, Hertfordshire along with other group members and their families.

In 1971 when Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks left the band, Pegg and Swarbrick were the only remaining members and, as a succession of personnel came and left again over the next five years, their partnership kept the band running.

Some performers, like Sandy Denny and her husband Trevor Lucas, were acknowledged songwriters and as a result, although he still made contributions and took part in collaborations, Dave Pegg's song-writing took a back seat to his instrumental and organisational skills.

Dave Pegg appeared on three Ralph McTell albums, including Streets, and Slide Aside the Screen, which Pegg produced.

Dave Pegg had already established a small recording studio in his house and with the money from the end of the record deal with Vertigo, he was able to develop this and it was eventually moved to a nearby converted chapel.

The result was that Dave Pegg had his own recording facility and record label.

In 1979 Ian Anderson invited Dave Pegg to stand in for the ailing John Glascock on the Jethro Tull Stormwatch tour.

Dave Pegg happened to join at a turning point for Jethro Tull.

Dave Pegg's first recording was intended as a solo album for Anderson, involving only Martin Barre from the band.

The next album, Broadsword and the Beast had a heavier sound and more medieval theme and Dave Pegg joined the band on stage in pseudo-medieval costume beside a Viking ship.

In 1983 Dave Pegg recorded his first solo album, The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone.

In 1987 Jethro Tull produced their first album for three years, Crest of a Knave, to which Dave Pegg contributed and this was to be followed by an American tour, on which Anderson invited Fairport to support Jethro Tull.

Dave Pegg played on three more Jethro Tull studio albums: Rock Island, Catfish Rising and Roots to Branches.

Dave Pegg released his second solo album Birthday Party, which combined recordings from a celebratory concert for his fiftieth birthday at Dudley Town Hall with studio recordings.

In 1998, Dave Pegg formed The Dylan Project, a Bob Dylan tribute band with Simon Nicol, PJ Wright, Steve Gibbons, and Gerry Conway.

In 2002 Dave Pegg shared with other Fairport Convention members a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Dave Pegg has a daughter, Stephanie, who works as a PR consultant; his son, Matt Pegg, is a bassist who has played with Procol Harum and Francis Dunnery and has stood in for Pegg live with Jethro Tull when Pegg was committed to touring with Fairport Convention.