I couldn't say a bad word against Alex . He was larger than life , a massive ego and would knock out a song a the drop of a hat - no matter what you requested. The 60's folk scene in the UK ( to a certain extent) demanded personalities and Alex crtainly fitted THAT bill.
Breezy 's comments on 09 Mar 15 - 08:12 AM , were warming, and we shouldn't judge by todays values. Everyone then was trying to master "Angie" (slight exaggeration)apart from Carthy. These were nice days when Alex performed but the upcoming Mike Harding , Barbara Dickson , Tim Hart and Maddy Prior , Tony Capstick , Vin Garbutt, Derek an Dorothy Elliott etc etc were about to change the Folk Scene - for reasons best known to ourselves.
I last saw Alex when we stayed at Mike Billington's in Wolverhampton who had arranged gigs for us both (different venues of course). Long long time ago !!!
Alex was wrestling with the old damnation - Whisky - and had himself temporarily convinced that he could exist on Schloer which he clearly couldn't.
Nevertheless a clourful, and kind showman, and no bad word from me.
As he used to sing " So long " Alex .

Cheers Betsy