I am deeply grieved to hear of Major's death. We were friends for over 50 years from the time in our teens when, as he used to say, we went to different schools together, to the more recent days when he came and played and recorded and stayed with me and my wife in Cornwall. A multitude of thoughts and memories, many of them concerning Susan, Jacob, India and his grandchildren who I've never met. Some of these recollections are included on the website www.patrickcarroll.co.uk particularly in the memoir posts 'Dropout', Back in Bohemia' and 'Good Old Music' and the recent post 'Dublin 50 Years On.'
Apart from my immediate families no one has had a greater and more lasting influence on my life than Major Wiley. I loved him dearly.