I seem to have misread Al Whittle's post. He was talking about Lonnie Johnson not Ed Lang who died broke. I saw LJ with the American Folk & Blues show at The Fairfield Halls, Croydon in 1963. I don't think he died broke either as he was working regular up till he was 69 years old and he died the following year after a nasty accident, hit by a car that mounted the pavement.