For me, he was the bassist who played with Nick Drake and John Martyn in the 70s; in the 90s he played with Richard Thompson (no relation) in a series of non-official duo performances that set fire to the strings.
At the 1997 Cropredy festival, I (and twenty thousand other people) were
recorded singing "Happy birthday" to Danny on the occasion of his
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Guardian obit here.
Today of course is emigration day1; I was thinking about this yesterday and about the various junction points in my life that caused me to end up where I am now. I realised that I probably would not be the same person that I am now had my life taken a different course.
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202 | Defining my laptop computer's wireless IP settings | Computer | |
286 | Terezin | Holiday, Holocaust, Terezin | |
634 | Emigration | Israel, Kibbutz | |
1174 | It was 40 years ago today | Israel, Personal | |
1339 | Accordion | Musical instruments | |
1530 | Two films | Films | |
1667 | Emigration day | Israel, Personal | |
1826 | The guitar returns | Jewish holidays, Guitars, Musical group |
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