Yeah, you could book him for £35.00 plus beer...

He used to come to our folk club as a floor singer a lot too, to try out new songs mainly. The attraction being that it was walking distance from his in laws, so a bed without the cost of taxis / mates etc.

He was a typical folk act of his time, and I enjoyed him for it. I used to do a syndicated folk show that went out around most of the hospital radio stations nationally and Tony not only gave me the obligatory annual interview, but introduced me to many others who came to our studio for free on the basis of "Tony sent me."

Many a hospital radio station played a jingle of him stating :Come and be ill with your local hospital radio."

Listen to him singing Freeborn Man, and you get a good idea of how to sing like you speak, no frills, bells or whistles, just pure character via a microphone.

Mind you, he could be a bugger at times....