I met Alex several times - mainly as a floor performer at clubs where he was the guest. He was always fairly affable, on the whole. One thing I noticed was that he liked to be the star of the show. If other performers on the bill competed with him in any way - and I remember him grumbling about the new wave of 1960s fingerstyle guitar players in the Davy Graham, Bert Jansch mould - he could get a bit huffy and dismissive. But he was a good entertainer in his heyday.