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John Etheridge & John Williams, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow

The men they call Ethel and Sven – the latter’s a hairline thing – have a musical partnership that’s based on friendship.

They have contrasting guitar styles, John Williams being from the classically trained, faultless technique and precision school, while John Etheridge, in a career in jazz and jazz-rock dating back to the 1970s, has thrived on spontaneity and playing right on the edge.