I did my bit of research with Archie. He was the one that told me that Lindsay was done in "open D-DADF#AD", with a capo on the fifth fret. I feel I'd done a reasonable approximation of it. I learned it while I was layed-over truck driving down in Carlisle PA, based on what he had told me above. In fact, he played it at the recent show, and appeared to have left it behind a wee bit, saying that although he had written it(over 25 years ago), John Renbourn had taught it back to him, as he had forgotten it. I was just that determined to be able to learn that song, that I suppose I put a bit of extra effort into getting it down. I still stumble on it if I have to perform it live, when my fingers and voice are "cold", but its my showpiece, if I have such a thing. I've actually learned the basics to the open G tuning(DGDGBD) to do other Archie Fisher songs. Archie epitomizes the approach I love best on all of these old and new songs, and the "contrapuntal" styling is one of the things he does that I'd like to have a go at. I wish I had his unique knack for chording as well, and that doesn't help when the altered tunings are brought into the equation. He's one of the original and most influential performers on either side of the water, but I don't think he's lost any of the magic. I wish he'd put out a guitar book or tutorial so that buggers like me aren't hounding him on the too few occasions when he gets over here!

John