Many thanks mudcat mates for this thread...

My minds too disorganised to cope with specifics like remembreing names right right now..

But a turning point in my life was being a student in my early 20s in Bristol.
Not only was the live gig and dance club scene extrememly eclectic and internationalist;
but it was just at the time that WOMAD emerged
and presented it's first big scale festival in Shepton Mallet...

[and WOMAD fest had proper permanent toilet and shower blocks... bliss.. luxuury...]

That's what made me what I am now...

Oh.. and let's never forget the influence of the late night John Peel radio show...