Hi Richard,
Now there's some names to conjure with. The place was almost derelict in 1974 so nothing much seems to have changed! There were some pretty good names on in the 70's and Maddy Prior at that time was playing with Tim Hart, Mike Harding was just getting popular and I remember the likes of Paul Brady and others of a similar ilk. The line-up was much the same at the Deanwater where I remember the biggest draw being the late Adge Cutler and the Wurzels. Tommy Makem was another big name, a thoroughly nice bloke I remember.

I've known Pete Goode since we were teenagers and remember playing with the Hughes Bros (Tom, Pete & Dave) 35 years ago. I think Fiona had to go back to the day job when Dave Shannon decided to become a BBC poroducer working with the likes of Paul Jones et al - he retired from that a year or so ago. I knew Dave Aston quite well - the UK diatonic mouthorgan champion at one stage! It was a sad day when he had the accident.

Yes - The Purple Gang - I'd forgotten the name. Although he's been dining out on it ever since, the engineer that recorded the song once told me that Joe isn't actually on the record - they didn't use his track in the mix. ... and yes, I remember the names but I can't say that they were my favourite artists.

Ray