I knew Davy in and around the "Holly" years which, for me, would be between 1965 and 1968 (though I never met her) and, as Vic says, found him to be a lovely and very generous, helpful man. I had a run through of the "Folk, Blues and Beyond" and "Midnight Man" albums yesterday and listened again to the vocals in particular. For me, there's a very definite slight flatness to the singing.

I do recall in a casual conversation one evening at the Cousins - me being a cheeky young bugger in those days - asking him why he didn't play more guitar instrumentals and sing less. An obvious reference to what I thought of his voice. How rude, in hindsight! But - charming as ever - instead of swatting me like a fly, he replied quite simply that he liked singing. And that was that. In live performance he projected better than on recordings. But that's true of many performers (me included).