I always read these threads that are just headed by the name of a singer or musician with a certain amount of trepidation, but in this case, I believe I have good news.

As far as I know, Folk Valhalla is still deficient of Murphy's talents. Last I heard he was spending more time on the golf course (he used to play off scratch) than on the stage.

Murphy was one of the great bunch of singer/entertainers of the 60s and 70s which included Alex Campbell, Derek Brimstone, Colin Scot, Dis Disley, Johnny Silvo, Hamish Imlach and Jeremy Taylor. Alex, Hamish and Colin are no longer with us, alas, but the others still lurk in unlikely places and appear sporadically at Folk Clubs in the UK and elsewhere.

Noel had a nasty accident with a shard of broken glass which he inadvertently tried to swallow with a pint, and this curtailed his activity for some time. He did recover from this, and I last saw him a couple of years ago.

Another sidelight, Ralph McTell's song "Clare to here" was either written for or dedicated to Noel. The Murphy version of the Hoffnung address to the Oxford Union (aka "Paddy's Sicknote") was definitive IMHO - not a dry leg in the house!