Hello Bugsy. You're not the same Bugsy that grew up just south of Edinburgh, later moving to a cottage in Plockton and working on trawlers are you? If this is you, listening to your wonderful singing and playing back then helped to inspire me to learn to sing and play guitar too, something I've been doing professionally now for many years. Please let me know if this is you as it would be good to get back in touch properly. You can contact me through: www.iacmusic.com/magicminds

Also through the Edinburgh music scene I was extremely lucky to have actually got to know John Martyn quite well, having already heard and been totally impressed with his recorded music beforehand. I learnt to cover a handful of his songs but unsurprisingly 'May You Never' is the one that gets played most often. It's more than just a song - it seems to have a power of it's own that can help tweak the atmosphere for the better during gigs where I have moments of insecurity, or suspect that parties in the audience are not entirely 'in sympathy' with what I may be trying to do! I attribute this effect at least partly to the profound, powerful and irrefutable message contained in the lyric.

I owe a debt of gratitude to the man for creating this amazing song plus a great deal else besides.