I don't often feel compelled to write about sad passings such as this(They are too often and frequent) but he was a man who influenced me from very early on in my love of folk music. I met him a couple of times (just met, nothing more than that) Once in the Phoenix folk club in London about 1967/8 and stood at the bar chatting after he'd played his set and then at York Uni about 73/74 where him and Philip Goodhand Tate substituted for John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee. He passed joints out along the front row where I was sitting (Really good stuff !!). His voice,guitar playing and style was mesmorising. "Fisherman's dream", holds a special place.