Santa:

To the best of my knowledge, Chris Wood has never 'backed' Ms Rusby.
Maybe you're thinking of Andy Cutting (his sometime sidekick) who plays in her band?

The only time I met the Spinners was at a town event for an early Loughborough Festival, some kind of effort to involve the good burghers in what the incomers were doing up at the Uni.
(There are others who do it better these days when not arseing about in cowsheds).
It was some sort of dire 'barn dance' and they were the interval spot.
We hightailed it (after I'd counted the meagre door take) to drown our sorrows in what passed for a 'nightclub' in said city.
Nice chaps but I'm willing to bet that Pentangle filled more venues worldwide than they did, if we are talking size.

WLD:

I don't recall Mr Carthy ever doing Blackwaterside. What I said was it was Anne Briggs who brought it to public attention more than anyone, with the possible exception of Margaret Barry.

Bert's version is outstanding though. 'Best thing he's ever done', according to Davey Graham. Thing about Bert's playing is that you really can't tab it. You could write out the riffs but that's only an outline.