For those who may not know Ian: as well as all his achievements mentioned above he has been well known in Mudcat circles for many years, on both sides of the Atlantic.
We followed his tour of the US with Sam Pirt and Bill Sables with great interest, when they met and played with numerous Mudcatters and appeared on Mudcat radio:)

I've just looked it up- that was getting on for 15 years ago.

One of the threads from that tour:
Sables, Pirt, and Stephanson Tour