someone who communicates and is at ease with expressing themselves in words and has a masterful grasp of the language.

there are numerous names that come into mind. so here are a few

Stan Rogers Canada

Marcus Turner New Zealand

Jez Lowe England

George Papavgeris Greece

There are others that are yet to gain wider acclaim like Mike Deavin, Ben Campbell who sets Graham Searle's words to music

Mick Ryan

Harvey Andrews

Vin Garbutt

But there are some singers that write shite and think they are good

Its when other performers adopt your songs then you know that you've done something well.

Dan Mckinnon Canada

Tommy Sands Ireland

Robb Johnson Hounslow


JEREMY TAYLOR   is high on my list


How come most have appeared at the St Albans folk-song club?

fridays at the Duke of Marlborough,

Steve Tilston

Ralph whatsisname

Cyril Tawney