Cheers, Jim.

Out of curiosity, would you say it's customary for travellers to have more than one string to their bow with respect of their art? For example, Stanley Robertson is as respected for his singing as his storytelling, as was Duncan Williamson - and as a Jew's Harper too, as are other Irish & Scots Traditional Tellers and Singers. I understand Davie Stewart (a particular hero of mine) was a mean whistle player, but I've never heard any recordings.

From the point of view of a collector, do you classify the stories any differently to the songs? For example Duncan was renowned for his creative gifts within the general framework of traditional narratives but many of his stories are unique to him, unlike the old songs which being more strictly traditional are more shared by the community.

In a memorable sequence David Thomson's People of the Sea we are introduced to a storyteller famed for having just the one story. Did you ever encounter this?

All thoughts & observations welcome!