re 02 Nov 03 "Owen Hand singing...And why was Edinburgh producing so much great stuff at that time?"

It was so GREAT because I WAS THERE of course! Owen Hand was a great friend to all of us. One evening when we was visiting him Bert Jansch and John Renbourne dropped in on Owen and we sat around shovelling smoke. Tales were about when Robin Williamson and Bert Jansch toured the London folk scene together in the sixties. Then Clive Palmer, Owen Hand and Alan Jackson worked up a set of great new numbers together. But Clive did a runner and performed them with Robin Williamson and Mike Heron instead! Owen couldn't forgive Clive. So sadly the scene was divided between Owen Hand's friends and the friends of Clive, Robin and Mike. I was heart-torn on the borderline between them. It was sad that artists suffered in a time of Love and Peace. Perhaps time has healed wounds.