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Thread #171698   Message #4156649
Posted By: GUEST
29-Oct-22 - 06:46 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Hector Gilchrist (1940-2022)
Subject: RE: Obit: Hector Gilchrist (1940-2022)
Thanks for the update Steven. I first met Hector in 1965, even before the Sing Out folk club in Crewe. He came to our school Ceilidh One Society concert as a guest singer. Everyone mentions his fine tenor voice: he could easily have had a career as a crooner in big bands (and I believe was almost tempted by that route) but decided dairying wasn’t the more stable profession His funeral was extremely moving, a sad occasion, and I held on emotionally until that final recording of him singing The Last Trip Home. I think a lot of people succumbed to tears then. A memorial concert sounds like a fitting tribute