 What was behind the founding of Fairport Convention and what made you think that you wanted to and that the band should explore the music of, you know, the traditional British ballads? I think we started out as a bunch of friends. Myself and Ashley and Simon were three like-minded, you know, North London teenagers, fairly determined to not be like other bands. I think we thought there was a glut of blues bands, R&B bands, soul bands.