OK, some fairish points made in the article. But it's no good Ian complaining about certain people being forgotten because they didn't make a record or about the the level of Drake et al worship going on now. It's the way of the world.

To be cynical, it's a good career move to die young, particularly if the rights to your recordings happen to be held by a major media organisation like Universal Music. Without this, would Nick Drake's music have cropped up on a TV car ad? And would Sandy Denny's new £150 boxed set have surfaced? Never mind that Drake was incapable of promoting his work during his lifetime, and that Sandy was anything but the wispy art nouveau nymph portrayed on the artwork. At least they are getting a hearing, and hopefully their relatives are getting some of the dosh.

But I'm optimistic that if it's good it will continue to be heard, thanks largely to the Interweb. For instance the name of Shirley Collins is whispered with awe in some quarters, there seems to be a Peter Bellamy cult developing, and what on earth will happen if John Tams crops up in Steven Spielberg's film of "War Horse"?