For Julie C-M
Sorry to here that Jim is no longer with us.
I used to organise the instrumental workshops at Cecil Sharp House on Tuesday evenings. Jim & Co would drop in and play at the Songswap that I ran after the classes had finished, then we'd all go down to the Engineer pub for jam sessions. Peter Knight of Steel Eye would also join in on fiddle.
As had been said, Paul Simon was booked at the Enterprise at Chalk Farm a few times and Jim with Doug & Ollie, would drop in to hear him and also give a few renditions "from the Floor" as we called it!
I used to go to Jim's home, along with Roger Nicholson (who played guitar and the mountain dulcimer, and he's also sadly passed on), where the three of us would paint model soldiers and Jim would demonstrate some of his battle lay-outs.
I also remember his "big guitar" with heavy Monel strings on it.
I played on very light folk strings myself and I could hardly press Jim's strings down they were so strong.