Very sad news, what a lovely man, quite apart from his musical ability. First met him in the mid sixties, on his 7 day tour of the Tyneside area, where he played a club every night. As a GD 'melodeon' player, I couldn't work out how Tim was achieving an acceptable bass on his chromatic box, so I asked him- he said (and I've never forgotten it) 'Jasus, I don't know, I look the other way' Coming across him a few years ago in Roscommon on the launch of the excellent CD he did with brother John & family, I was delighted when he said he loved his trips to Tyneside best of all- a huge loss to Irish music, our condolences to Anna
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