I am still alive, with a natural pulse, and still playing 'music' with a few selected friends. Living in Northumberland, not Yorkshire, in Alnwick, where Harry Potter was partially filmed.
I live in glorious laughter, with a wonderful wife who makes me laugh and feel comfey in my skin.
I still play the spoons, washboard, mandolin, ukelele and fiddle to keep garden pests away. My knees creak, but pain is alleviated with root growth hormones available from any good gardening centre.
I have a copy of the Ffilharmonious Jug Band and a recently provided CD of same, with the sound of frying eggs in the background edited out.
See, there IS recovery from being a folky, and I am a sober gentle man these days, 66 years notwithstandinghowsome-ever.

Google-able and passed the censors pen. pete.ballan@tinyworld.co.uk