To follow on from Susanne's comments.

The first (so far only) time I met Susanne was at Glasgow Folk Festival and I, a callow youth, ended up in the company of her, Deroll Adams and Alan Taylor. Eye-opening indeed and never forgotten to this day.

I remember sitting next to Hamish Henderson in a session at Auchtermuchty one year when someone; not knowing him or his background, asked him "hey big man..dae ye know the John Maclean March?". Hamish just looked at him and went into a long intro about the tune and then said.."the words, well...when I wrote the words in 1949..."..and then clapped the man on the back and sang it for us all...

Another, all time hero of mine, still with us..John Watt (The 'Muchty Megastar").
John once silenced the entire back bar in the Forest Hills at 'Muchty by singing the Kielder Hunt. He was not long recovered from serious illness and was still a bit frail, but the power...he poured everything he had into the song and to this day the thought of it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up...

Frank Harte, for taking the time to record and forward on songs for my wife and I that we'd asked about after he'd sung them in a session.


What a great thread this is...