Probably more influential than many anorak folkies here would care to admit - if they have even heard of him. I have all released recordings of him backing Johnny Kidd, which have shared my car music player with Steve Morse oddly enough.

I only saw him live twice, once with the reformed 1962-64 Pirates, supported by The Only Ones (awful) at a London college in 1978, and at the Cricketers pub near the Oval in 1985. I wish I could have seen him with Johnny Kidd - I picked the wrong week to go to The Big Beat Club in Harrow!

He will be greatly missed, one of our star guitar players.