Oh how ironic to read this yesterday afternoon and conclude that I had not heard of Pentangle before - only to find several hours later, that we've booked John Renbourn to play a solo show for our concert series (July 15). It's like cue the Twilight Zone music.
I find it so bizarre that my Corfid pals often mention performers who have played for us or who end up playing for us.
BTW, John, the current configuration of Fairport Convention will also be here in July - they are touring the US as an acoustic trio, with original member Simon Nicol. I don't know if you're familiar with the group The Syn - whose founder, Chris Squire went on to form the classic rock band, Yes - but they (The Syn) played for us last month.
Another British group who apparently set the stage for others to follow has played for us twice in the last 18 months in their acoustic configuration - The Strawbs, including founder Dave Cousins and long-time band members Dave Lambert and Chas Cronk. They are joined by a few others for an electric configuration that also tours regularly.
There have also been American performers mentioned at Corfid who have played for us, as well as one Canadian of note (and no, unfortunately I don't mean Lightfoot
)but I won't go into those since the discussion is British groups.
As I said, I just find it all very ironic.