Who Knows where the time goes?

When I was young, i.e from seventeen to about 25 years old, I was very fond of Folk music. At that time, in the late 1960's and early 1970's there was a revival of English Folk music, embodied for me in the recordings of Fairport Convention. There was a nice anarchic situation around "Fairport" with musicians coming and going, and many great names such as Dave Swarbrick and Sandy Denny were regulars, however the group as an entity survived many years and produced some magical albums before the "Folk Rock" movement - perhaps best represented by Tim Hart and Maddy Prior made the Genre more commercial with their band "Steeleye Span". I shared a flat in Edinburgh with a guy called Dave Tulloch who played with "5 Hand Reel" an Irish - Scottish Folk Rock band, popular in Germany, Holland and Belgium. Their music was both original - good remakes of traditional sad songs, and exciting - riotous jigs and reels for cheering yourself up.

My hobby while at School and College was Theatre Lighting and effects, and living in Edinburgh I had the pleasure and opportuity, during the Edinburgh Festivals to work with what were then, Big Names. I have lit concerts by Barbara Dickson, Billy Connoly, Planxty, JSD Band, Hawkwind, I can hear you say WHO??? Great days! Lots of beer and nookie.