Reflections on and beyond Ralph McTell’s ‘National Tour’
“There’s music all around us in this conundrum of time…”
Folk music’s all about people, really. That’s why it’s called ‘folk’. Its timeless appeal unites performer and listener in a unique way. Ralph says in an interview elsewhere on this website, “…when I say ‘we had a good show’ I do not mean the royal we, me and the guitar. I mean we had a good show.” The artiste and his audience are one. So, having run out of superlatives for the man and his music, it’s time to honour some of the people John met as his journeys up and down the country coincided with Ralph’s eight times in the year or so since he set off on his ‘National Tour’ in autumn 2001…
Ralph, Albert & Sydney 