 As arguably the "folk world"'s then most competent performer in the area of jazzy guitar accompaniment he collaborated with fiddle player Dave Swarbrick on several ragtime tunes the 1967 Dave Swarbrick album "Rags, Reels & Airs" along with singer-guitarist Martin Carthy on the more folk-based material.Disley also played guitar accompaniment to Mike Absalom on the latter's 1968 album, "Save the Last Gherkin for Me".By the 1970s, he was one of the folk scene's busiest artists and a mainstay of folk festivals as musician and compere.