- For many years he suffered poor health due to the lung disease emphysema, and in 1999, after he had been admitted to hospital with a chest infection, the Daily Telegraph newspaper mistakenly published an obituary to him. His health was restored by a double lung transplant in 2004.
- He is best known for his work with folk group Fairport Convention. He performed mainly on the violin and wrote many of the group's songs.
- He was a member of Fairport Convention with Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks.
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