Roy

A long day, a full day but an enjoyable one.

Had a wander into town to buy my monthly music fix from the lovely analogue books, in the shape of The Wire magazine. Roy Harper on the cover and a big feature inside. I'm not quite as beardy as Roy these days (Jesus, he's positively leonine at the moment that man) but I've had a bit of a soft spot for him ever since my student days. It was a bit of a thing then to go and see him in concert whenever he played the students' union. All preposterously cliched with a lot of cross-legged sitting, some reverent chin-stroking and all enjoyed under a huge dope cloud hanging in mid-air above the audience.

And, have seen him a couple of times in recent years too, on trips to London when Joanna Newsom has featured him as her support. He's still got it. although the Harper experience these days is a little more refined than in days of yore.

So, as the mighty Zep once said, hats off to Harper indeed.