I'm sad to report that Jim Bassett, of Padstow, Cornwall, died yesterday. Jim was a blazing enthusiast for our music, and a fine, vigorous singer. He liked nothing better than to be in a crowd of singing people. Jim started several folk clubs where there had been none before, with his own zest for life and music as the driving force. A folk columnist once wrote him up as 'Jim and Enthusiasm.'The UK folk scene has lost a golden asset, and I have lost a dear friend.
R I P Jim. Barbara, Elaine and I send you our loving sympathy.