well i realise that I'm old and grumpy and my ideas ain't exactly fashionable.

However you seemed interested in the song. so I thought that it might be of interest to know that there was this guy called Doug porter. he had no time for me or my music, and he wasn't a friend.

But he lived in Derby and he ran the local folk magazine. he was a a helluvva singer and guitar picker - much better than most of the people on the stage every folk awards nonsense night.

He gave most of the second part of his life to folk music. he did a fantastic version of Bombers Moon, and for whatever reason - he was never booked for any of the larger festivals, and if he was ever played on the folk radio - it escaped my attention. Which seemed to me a pity then , and it still does.