yes, it is sad,I didnt know Brian very well,but I must have done the club 12 to 15 times,Brian was always friendly and welcoming,he had a wide variety of songs from Frank Crumit to music hall,to local traditional.
I first encountered Brian at Whitby festival,about 1976, singing at The Whitby drill hall singarounds at that time he was running the Boggle Hole Youth Hostel. a sound man.
RIP old mate,and thanks.Dick Miles