Ah, memories of Alex. I booked him quite often when I ran clubs, he was always reliable.
He arrived unexpectedly at our wedding ceilidh and stayed longer than we did! Of course, we had picked an evening when there was nothing else on in Coventry.

By the way, Big Al, The Ampersand was the name of the folk club, not the village. I think it may have been in Barwell, but it is 46 years since it was one of my regular haunts.
An Ampersand is the 'and' symbol like this '&.' I remember carving one for the door of the upstairs room where the club was held.
Funny how I can remember making that but not the pub name and location!