I suppose Johnny Handle was the main geordie folksinger I knew in that time. He did solo gigs and played a fourstring guitar and accordion and he had a band called the high level ranters.
Bob Davernport. Louis Killen...


I hereby apologise publicly to Jim Carrol for any perceived nastiness, three years back in this thread. I suppose it was a sadness I have never really gotten over seeing the factionalism of the 1970's kill off the public's desire to engage in folk music.

I felt like a passenger in a train where the drivers were intent on derailment. I had places I wanted to go.

The music the period gave me will live with me as long as I've got any purchase on reality. I am doing three gigs this weekend. I never got where I wanted to go, but I got somewhere.