Encouraged by a recommendation from weelittledrummer, I got hold of a copy of The Punch and Judy Man the other day.

All I knew about Tony Capstick before I got this record was that he did that Hovis parody; all I know now is what I've found out on that Internet in the last week. But this album is enough to tell me that he was a fine singer and guitarist, with a good ear for a song and an open mind. Most of the material is traditional, but some of the settings are well out into 'electric folk' territory; on the other hand, one of the plainest, sparest renditions on the album is of a song by Jake Thackray.

So: what else did he do, before he gave up performing? And is it all this good?