Thanks for the link, Oggie, a great tribute to the man this thread is supposed to be about.

And to Betsy: thanks for the defence of Jez Lowe: entirely agree with you, There's more to the "monkey song" than meets the eye - local (and also Aberdeenshire) legend, which may not have been understood if you merely watched the video out of context: see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_hanger

So now I'm drifting off thread, but yes. let's talk about Alex!