Just starting this thread in case there are any reminiscences of Dave Jeffs, UK blues performer (singer-guitar-harmonica), prompted by my post today on another thread (Live recordings - Tony Rees archive) regarding a live tape I made of Dave performing in Oxford (his then home town) in 1975 (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrXTCQOBoi8). As per my notes accompanying that YouTube post, I only came across Dave in 1974-5 when I resided in Oxford for a short while, but he had clearly been playing since the mid 60s, having appeared on an ultra-rare 1965 charity EP for Oxfam entitled "Folk at Fennario", playing harmonica with another guitarist, Pete Warner. Later (1986?) Dave moved to live in Ibiza where by all accounts he became a prominent and much loved musician on the local scene; after his early passing in 2013, a series of annual concerts in his name entitled "Dave On My Mind" were convened by his friends and fellow performers, maybe still continuing...

I am just putting up this thread in case any other 'catters would like to chime in with their memories of Dave (who also performed at that time with his wife Sue, possibly a teacher??) doing a well worn mix of Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, and Leadbelly tunes, among others, but certainly breathing life into them with his excellent guitar and harmonica playing, pus of course highly authentic voice (for a British bluesman...). On the tape I have he chats amiably between numbers in what I take to be a London accent, but I could of course be wrong - certainly does not sound like he spent his upbringing in Oxford!

Cheers and looking forward to any additional information others can supply - Tony Rees (Australia since 1986, UK before that).