I don't read fRoots regularly, though I do drop into the forum pages now and then.

Have a pop at the mag if that's your taste, but there's no call to get petty about Ian. I knocked around occasionally with the blues gang from the South-West, of which Ian was one, in London in the late '60s, and I have to say that they were a nice bunch of people and good musicians. If what we all did musically over long careers (mine's over 45 years playing now) contains the occasional hiccup, well, so be it.

I remember Ian from those days (and we haven't met since) as an interesting and original guitarist - even booked him at the BBC Folk Club.