I am so glad that I met Dave when he was at the peak of his powers, and have the video to prove it. He brought the house down at the Barrow Eurogathering last year, and his involvement made the event the very special occasion it became.

The stroke may have jiggered his guitar arm, but the essence of the man seemed to have become concentrated when I met him at Khatt and Micca's wedding. Maybe he knew then that he was on the home straight, which endorses the strength of the man, as he showed nothing but the joie de vivre that he maintained to his end.

RIP Dave Bryant