Realising this is very late, I only found out about Ian's passing in the last few weeks. It was very sad news to hear. I didn't know Ian very well and our paths crossed only occasionally, the last time being back in '87 when I guested with the boxcars at the brewery tap Cheltenham. As mentioned so many times above, more of a loss because of the calibre of the man; a genuinely decent, soulful and likeable human being. It came out in his music too.