I'd never heard of this man, but had to introduce him on the Bobby Robb memorial concert at Girvan festioval in 2024. My pre- concert chat painted a picture of a fascinating man, with a special story to tell!   


I'd heard Buff's 'Alexander's Mill' song many times sung by Scott Gardiner & Scott, & always thought it was an east coast bothy ballad . Scott, who was on the same concert, was even more delighted to hear it, as he said, 'sung properly' by its actual writer in his native Ayrshire.
    To hear he'd spent many years in my home town, South Shields came as a surprise too

I came away feeling privileged to have met the man & with a copy of 'Goodbye Meadowhead' and his songs will live on through that excellent story of his life & its ccollection of songs.

   One meeting, but great memories!                  RIP Buff