Where once he was embraced by the likes of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin - he sang "Have A Cigar" for the former and had "Hats Off To (Roy) Harper" written about him by the latter - he now counts ...

Yet while Harper is a legend in Britain, he’s known in America primarily as the subject of Led Zeppelin’s “Hats Off to (Roy) Harper” and as the vocalist on Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar.” ...

Harper has released 22 albums since his 1966 debut Sophisticated Beggar and has collaborated with many distinguished musicians. Led Zeppelin name-checked him on their Zeppelin III cut “Hats Off ...

It nearly didn’t happen – but it’s hats off to Harper once again. “I did go on what I thought was the last tour; I think it was 2007,” he says. “I’d come to the end of it.

Roy talks to Matt Everitt about his musical life - the rebellious youth and obsession with skiffle that led to the folk clubs of Soho; his friendships with Janch and a young Paul Simon; recording ...