You know the guy - invented The Rutles, Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Welk and The Everley Brothers (although he is always lying).

Watching the Donovan documentary, as others seem to have done too, judging by an earlier thread, reinforced my view that Donovan is Donovan's number one fan. That got me thinking of other music folk with an overinflated sense of their own importance, like the aforementioned Ruttling Orange Peel.

Obviously Mr Bono has never been treated for an overdose of modesty, the Gallagher Brothers used to proudly proclaim they were the best band in the world (although you got the impression that only one of them actually meant it), Ian McCulloch was pretty close to the front of the queue when ego was handed out and Pete Townshend seems to think he's the most important figure in music (although he must have something, because he's the only person in the showbiz for whom a brush with kiddie porn hasn't seen him excommunicated).

But who else out there is a little overenthusiastic when it comes to blowing their own trumpet. And please don't say Miles Davis or Roy Castle!