My summer was totally made at Sidmouth last August. I was playing some Old Time tunes on my banjo in the Bedford hotel when I became aware of someone standing behind me enjoying the music - it was Lonnie. We talked banjos for a while. I asked him where he found all those great old tunes, Cumberland Gap, etc - he said "same place you do!". He'd dug up a lot of old records and listened to them.
The guy totally changed my life back in the late fifties and it was great to finally meet him - a really nice bloke.

Cheers
Ray