Mike Waterson

[Kit Kat Kev]

I heard on Mike Hardings Folk Programme on Radio 2 last night that legendary folk singer Mike Waterson passed away earlier the same day.Mike was a very talented performer,a very underrated songwriter who along with his sister Lal,wrote several great songs,their 1972 album 'Bright Phoebus' was and still is an outstanding album.The Watersons were very much a part of my growing up,they were based in Hull,not far from where i was born,i met Mike along with his sisters Lal and Norma as well as Martin Carthy on several occasions,they once gave me a lift to a gig in Leeds over 20 years ago,Billy Bragg was part of that line up then,standing in for Martin Carthy during one of his solo tours.RIP Mike,thanks for those memories.