It was a great tour, Hoot, wasn't it? I remember seeing Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee at a club in Blackburn. Sonny was feeling tired after the gig and a mate of mine walked him home to his hotel. Brownie went with a load of us to a party after the club gig and played into the samll hours, fortified by scotch. What a night.

I also remember seeing Memphis Slim at Leeds University, rocking the evening away, and recall quite a few sessions when Champion Jack Duprée rolled out his barrelhouse blues at some forgotten pub in the East End of London.

I never got to see Cyril before he died, but I have some treasured recordings of the All Stars which I still enjoy. "Country Line Special" and "Chicago Calling" with Cyril on blues harp and vocal, Long John Baldry on backing vocals, Davy Graham in there at some point, Korner, Nicky Hopkin on piano... not bad for white boys, eh? :-)