Un o’r pethau neisaf am y Dyn Gwyrdd oedd y pethau ffeindiaist ti heb edrych amdanyn nhw. Un adeg, cipiais i mewn y babell y sinema, i osgoi cawod sydyn o law. Dyna Neil Young ar y sgrîn, felly dyma fi’n setlo i lawr i wrando ar hwnna; wedyn, clip bach o Django Reinhart. Iawn, dw i’n aros am sbel ‘te.
Dal ddim yn gwybod beth ydw i’n gwylio, ond wrth iddo fe fynd ymlaen dw i’n gweld taw casgliad o glips cerddorol “gwerinol” ar hap yw e (wedi’u casglu gan Andy Votel, ond do’n i ddim yn gwybod hynny ar y pryd). Ac mae’r un nesa yn rhywbeth hollol newydd i fi, sef clip o’r Old Grey Whistle Test, adeg Whisperin’ Bob. Gitarydd ifanc, a rhai o’r fingerpicking gorau dw i wedi gweld yn fy myw: Dave Evans.
O beth dw i’n gallu ffeindio ar y we, dim ond dau albym recordiwyd gan Evans, a dim ond un ohonyn nhw ar gael ar CD. ‘Sai fe wedi cael digon o sens i farw yn ifanc fel Nicky Drake byddai’n enw cyfarwydd i bawb erbyn hyn, ond mae Dave wedi dewis byw, mewn bragdy/crochendy ym Mrwsel, lle mae hefyd yn neud gitarau bespoke. Ddim mor ramantus â lladd eich hunain yn eich hugeiniau, ond llawer mwy o hwyl, siwr o fod.
Hoffwn i roi MP3 yma, ond byddai’n well sgwennu at y dyn ei hun yn gyntaf, dw i’n credu.
[Gol.] Syth ar ôl postio’r uchod, ffeindiais i disgograffi ar wefan Dave Evans. Mae mwy o stwff mas ’na rhywle.
[Gol. 23/10/08 ychwanegwyd dolen i Bragdy de la Touffe a thwtio tagiau.


good lord how wonderfull to find you still out there Dave as the owner of your two albums on village thing it was great to stumble across you again
Thirty years late maybe but thanks for two of the best albums i own still have pride of place in the collection.
I still remeber Canton Trig as well oh if only they had made it to record
still all my very best Dave and thanks for the music
Um, I’m pretty sure Dave doesn’t read this blog (it being in Welsh and all), but I think you can contact him through the last link there.
Hi Dave,
I’m going to be in Brussels tomorrow. Thought I’d try and look you up, as that’s where you were when last heard of….but that language doesn’t look much like Flemish!
Hope you’re OK and happy & all that stuff.
Andy