"On the subject of George Wray....."
Thanks for that R - it's always been my contention that we know far too little of our singers, mainly due to the fact that the songs have been treated as precious artefacts rather than the parts of peoples lives they undoubtedly were'; stories like these help to put flesh on the bones of our tradition. There really should be a collection of them put together; I'm convinced it would be both educational and entertaining.
I enjoyed immensely the talk you gave on Joseph Taylor in Sheffield some dozen years ago, though I was somewhat disappointed to learn that the 'Albert Hall legend was - well; a legend! For anybody interested, the talk was included in the published collection of papers, 'Folk Song - Tradition, Revival and Re-Creation', edited by Iain Russell and David Atkinson - well worth having.
Jim Carroll