Heyup Arbuthnot! - so you just came round to steal my stuff did ya!
Dave Evans told me he got that tuning from Joni Mitchell.

No problem Dick - I only said that about Carthy not using dadeae in case the aficionados started trying to work out his arrangements.

My rule of thumb is to avoid any system which consists of mainly tuning everything to one or two notes - these CGCGCC kind of things,and also any tuning that plays a major or minor chord in itself - these are mainly used by blues and slide players,which is not my style,if I have one.

Of the DADGAD players,of course Pierre Bensusan is excellent,but also one of my favourite trad guitarists,Dick Gaughan,uses it a lot I believe - often capoed up quite high.

    Gordon