We are in shock!
Lay awake last night remembering..... Lionel the happy, Lionel the pensive, Lionel the sad ........
Meeting Biddy when Nick still played fiddle and putting the world to rights with political Lionel, with serious face, in the middle of the night while Nick kept interrupting with his latest attempt at the 'Hanged mans Reel'...... The tour in the old VW, Fort William and the Sunday morning alternator change and Lionel in worried mode, the fishing fleet in Mallaig and Lionel the performer..... The indignant Lionel when after a long night of doubles and a very fuddled brain I called him Nigel!!![I confused him with another old friend 'Nigel the Leather']..... and Lionel the genius, with just a guitar , his own voice, no audience and a preview of 'The Earl of March's Daughter' which was to be recorded that week.
Better times, good memories!