b'Davy Graham If I go right back, Davy has to behad his demons, and wasnt visibleovation. There has been a lot of the first influence that had particularfor years at a time. When he brieflycriticism for making those few tours, relevance to my later life. His Folkstarted touring again and didntbut if he hadnt, I would not have met Blues and Beyond Album was myhave a guitar to play, his managerhim or seen him play. His friends and source and guide for many yearsapproached me.I lent them one andcontemporaries were concerned that but I never did understand why thesold them another which he used forhis legacy was being damaged, but book of Davys music was written fora year or two before Martin Guitarsquite honestly, if he hadnt performed piano, not guitar!Davy played lots ofpoached him by making him aduring those final years, I think he classic tunes from all over, so a lot ofsignature model, which annoyedwould have died without much the music was familiar, and it wasntme a little.He also asked me tocomment. The tours raised his profile difficult to follow the record and workmake him a mandolin, he lent meand without them his legacy would it out for myself. Well, some of ita book about Persian carpets, andhave been less.A huge figure in the anyway, Tristano was a bit beyondwe got along very well indeed. I onlyguitar world and a huge loss.me, but I did manage a passableever saw him play once, he was version of Maajun.not in good health, and some of the He is one of the quoted sourcesaudience walked out in the first few for DADGAD tuning, he certainlyminutes, he was badly damaged made it popular with his version ofand it showed; but at the end those She moved through the fair. Davywho had stayed gave him a standing The first time I met Davy Graham, at the London Guitar show 2007. My feelings are fairly clear in the picture. Davy lived in Camden town, near the market where you can live off the food tasters that are handed out. Moira and I bought a carpet there but it didnt fly so we brought it back on the train. Davy gave me a book about carpets. In my mind that all connects together.232'