I remember the Spinners from when I was a child - and they were instrumental in getting me into folk music. Well...... them and the Houghton Weavers.

Both great bands and so very 'north-west'!

I saw Hughie at my local club, down here in the south, over a decade ago. Very polished performance, an enjoyable evening... but the spark wasn't there (more reputation than content) - the magic ingredient that, to paraphrase another song, '...lift's me up where I belong...'.

That said, I have a number of Spinners albums running on shuffle play and they always cheer me up!