Last summer my sister came on a visit from Japan, and brought with her some friends, one of whom is a folk singer. His name is Tatsuhiko Hirata - so of course we called him Bob. We took Bob etc to the Guildford festival with us & so we got hold of various CDs & tapes so they could familiarise themselves with the artists beforehand. As soon as he heard the Lonnie tape he fell into escstacy, and demanded henceforth to be known as Bob Lonnie Hirata - in tribute to the master.
Co-incidentally, whilst Lonnie was playing on one stage, his oppo Van the Man was playing at the other end of the field on the same night. We were hoping..... but they didn't get together.
Kris