I have never that greatly rated Colin as a writer, tho he has struck me on the few occasion we have met [all many years ago now] as a nice enough guy; and he did always have this tendency to rush into print without checking his facts {Auchterarder!...}.

I have a sneaking regard for him, however, for all those times way-way-back-when, in the 70s-80s, that he would devote a whole MM column to denouncing little-me for something I had recently written about the traditional/contemp divide in Folk Review or The Guardian ~~ the sort of publicity you just couldn't get by paying for it...

Retrospective thanks again then, mate ~~ from a voice from the far-off past!

Best

~Michael~