Margret,

Are you performing at the Troubadour Birthday weekend in 3 weeks time or the annual Weekend in November???
And thanks for the correction re the "Reatas". You are dead right & I was dead wrong.
It is a pity no-one recorded some of those sessions from Reata in the early 60s, especially Martyn singing some of the old English Ballads like "Farmers Boy" and "The Skye Boat Song".
I took my (then) 9 year old daughter to hear him at the Troubadour in 1983 as The Skye Boat song was her favourite & she knew I'd learnt it from Martyn. He was doing a gig with Danny Spooner & Ellen Hundsley & when I asked if he was planning on singing it & why, he looked doubtful & said he hadn't sung it for years but he'd see what he could do in the second bracket.
Well, the second bracket came & went, as did an encore but no "Boat Song". One tired little girl looked at me and said (with big tearfilled eyes) "Don't worry Daddy, it's only a song & it's been a wonderful night".
Then suddenly, back came Martyn to do a second encore, stopped at our table and said to her "Hello, you must be Tara. We're going to sing your song now. Do you want to come up and sing it with us"????
She was a bit shy to go on stage but she sang every word quietly as she sat on my lap & I had the teary eyes.
A wonderful memory of a very special performer that remains with me (and my now married daughter) to this day. A true gentleman.
Look forward to seeing you at one or other of the weekends
Dave