About Simon Nicol
Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band. He has also been involved with the Albion Band and a wide range of musical projects, both as a collaborator, producer and as a solo artist. He has received several awards for his work and career. Nicol contributed his first composition to the band for their second album What We Did on Our Holidays, the short instrumental "End of a Holiday". Just about the time that Nicol left Fairport Convention, Hutchings had also quit Steeleye Span and began to work on the first incarnation of the Albion Country Band to provide backing for his then wife Shirley Collins. As the members of the group went their separate ways, Nicol returned to the Albion Band to record two albums in 1983.
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