I met Dave Briggs at the 2005 Notodden Blue Festival. He was the guitarist for Scotty Moore’s spot, and I noticed he was a no-frills, steady player behind the star, who is famous for having been Elvis Presley’s guitarist ‘back in the day’.

Dave talked to me afterwards, expressing his respect and appreciation for the influence I and Fleetwood Mac had on his early days as a musician. I took note of his self-effacing manner along with his unassuming musical ability, and when considering a back-up guitarist for a solo ‘In Session’ DVD I was about to make for Secret Records, Dave came to mind. I am glad he did. Despite the recording company’s wishes, I didn’t have the confidence to perform without back-up. The duo combination worked, as is well appraised in this recent email excerpt from Olle Wiman, a Norwegian friend:

‘Talking about DVDs, I recently bought your Jeremy Spencer in Session DV. Wow, I just love this sort of soft low-key Blues. All one needs, it seems, is two very good guitar players and a very good voice. Mr. Dave Briggs is, like you, brilliant and you two really work so close together…’