G'day Moleskin Joe,

I think Lionel Long appeared at the height of the "Folk Boom". I remember my Dad buying some of his LPs in the early '60s. He was always aiming (or being aimed by the recording companies) towards a more "commercial" style of presentation and arrangement. He did include a few interesting versions and variants - and published a song book based on his LPs ... but he got a long-running role as a detective in an Australian 'Cops & Robber" TV show called Homicide and faded from the music scene.

I have a CD re-release of his material - more for the interest than the pleasure. I did hear that he died, a few years back.

Regards,

Bob Bolton