Sad news indeed. Paul wrote superb songs including one called "Servant of the Company" about the LMS railway company covered by both myself and Brian Peters and also Tony Hill from whom I first heard it.
His version of "Skewball" went
Skewball was a racehorse I thought he was fine He wouldn't drink water he only drank wine
I backed him with silver I backed him with gold And the rest of my story is easily told
For now I'm a pauper and you'll follow suit If you back a racehorse that's pissed as a newt
I remember seeing him on TV several times as a man in the background especially on the TV version of Elidor that was on a few years ago.
I always looked forward to his performances at the Unicorn in Manchester when I was there in the early eighties. The man was unique.
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