I have known Barry for over 35 years -from his early days running the folk club at the Bluebell in Lowgate Hull and then big Rock promotions around Yorkshire and beyond -setting up the Brickhouse club with Rick Welton and managing local bands such as Nothineverappens & Red Dirt/Snake eye back in the 70s -the first pioneer of music events in Hull .
A real shock as I only talked to him on wednesday evening in Cottingham and he wished me a great time for the weekend as he knew I would be watching Hull City at Wembley-I got the news shortly before the kick off -very sad and a great loss to the community .