Bob was the songwriter of Chariots and a big Star Wars fan. Pat and I played a great gig at Ramblin' Conrads, his guitar shop-cum-concert room, in Norfolk, VA, and then at the Star Wars convention, where we played for a fancy dress twmpath (a Welsh barn dance) - we even had The Thing dancing with The Blob, which is a memorable experience!

We met up last in Finland, where Haken Streng and Alf Milari organised this mad Shanty week on board a bus, from Helsinki to Aland to all the Finnish towns and islands in between. Bob was his magnificent self again, and we promised to keep in touch - but my severe stroke intervened, and I was forced to stop gigging and remained virtually incomunicado ever since.

It's good to know that Bob's playing San Diego. If you see him, just tell him that Mick from Calennig says Hello. Bob's a good mate.