Any fans of Don Partridge, I've updated his record on Wikipedia. Whilst he did have drink problems through the years, he actually played, busked, wrote and recorded up until shortly before his death in 2010.

Before he became famous, in 1964/65 he made some great solo recordings of several British and Irish folk songs, and in 1966 recorded an album of British and US folk, gospel and blues songs with fellow busker Pat Keene as "The Brotherhood".

His hits Rosie, Blue Eyes and Breakfast on Pluto followed in 1968/69, all with the one-man band.

In 1969, after the Buskers' Albert Hall Concert and Tour of the UK, he founded folk-rock group Accolade together with guitarist Gordon Giltrap and others. They released a single and two albums (the second with Wizz Jones replacing Giltrap), and there is some great original stuff on those albums. Sometime after Accolade split up in 1971, Don founded a new group Slim Volume in Sweden, and toured with them.

Later albums recorded in Sweden included "Don Partridge & Friends" (one side was a live show in Stockholm), "Street Harvest" (1982) and then in the UK "The Highwayman" (about 2002) and "Uncreased" (2005). Whilst most of his life was spent busking with one or other variant of his one man band, his recordings span a much wider range of styles and music. In total, he wrote about 45 original songs.

Vocally, I believe that his best recordings were Nature Boy (1964 and 1970), Raggle Taggle Gypsies (1965), I Once Loved A Lass (1965), Blue Eyes (1968), Calico (1970), The Time I've Wasted (1971), Trans World Blues (1971), Foxy Little Girl (1982) and "The Highwayman" (2002).

I am in the throes of collecting together many of the rights on his full portfolio of music and recordings, with a view to reissue those on new vinyl pressings, CD, MP3 and high-res downloads. A website has been registered, and should be brought live later this year.

Just wanted you all to know that contrary to some early views in this stream, he did not waste away or fade away, but was active singing, composing and even touring for more than 40 years.