Letter: Dave Evans obituary

Peter Glanvill writes: Dave produced a guitar he had made and proceeded to play a beautiful instrumental for us

In 1970 my sister and I were driving along the coast road near Seaton in Devon when we picked up a hitch-hiker. It proved to be the guitarist and songwriter Dave Evans.

We dropped him off at his home in Colyford, where he invited us in for tea, produced a guitar he had made and proceeded to play a beautiful instrumental for us.

As a result I bought his album The Words in Between and saw him performing live many years later. He also introduced me to the music of his friend Steve Tilston.

Peter Glanvill

The GuardianTramp

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