Watching the Martin Carthy documentary last night, I was reminded of Paul McNeill during the scene at the Troubadour. I too heard a report about 10 years ago that he was living rough. Constant rumours spring up about performers from that era who haven't been around for a while that they must have died. This is, fortunately, by no means always the case. For the past 30 years, people have been informing me of Bob Davenport's demise. Some still refuse to believe it's not so even when I tell them that I saw him only last week...

Let's hope Paul walks across somebody's path soon.