Origin: London, England
Most consider Fairport Convention to have been the best British folk-rock band of the 60s and early 70s. They honed and perfected a unique, harmonistic style of folk-rock, drawing from traditional British folk music, unlike any other act of their time. Ironically, when they formed in the spring of 1967, they were heavily influenced by the U.S. West Coast folk-rock scene, mainly by bands like the Mamas & The Papas , the Byrds , and Jefferson Airplane . Throughout the remainder of 1967, the group played regularly at the more popular London underground clubs, including the UFO and Middle Earth. O…