Yes Bonnie - its me. I used to keep looking in on mudcat just to see if any old mates were dead.(Monty Sunshine in The Times today...!)

I've stopped arguing with people about the nature of traditional music. I've accepted it, I'm eccentric. My views serve me well as as an artist, but they are unacceptable to most in the folk world.

I live in Dorset now, I've retired there.

I hope you got to see the phenomenal essay John McLaughlin put on my webpage about Kavanagh

http://www.bigalwhittle.co.uk/id29.html

I hope you yourself are keeping well.