Tony Davis obituary

Frontman of the Spinners, the Liverpool quartet who took folk music to new audiencesFrom the 1960s until they retired in the late 1980s, the Liverpool quartet the Spinners were the popular face of British folk music on radio, television and in concert halls throughout the UK. They always denied having a leader, but Tony Davis, who has died at the age of 86, was their frontman, spokesman and publicist. He introduced many of their songs, cajoling the audience to sing along on the choruses of their