Tom has a fan in Abu Dhabi, too.

And before this marvellous thread slips from view for another eight years, that fan would like to say that his own memories of seeing and once meeting Tom have been stirred by other people's reminscences here.
I can hardly believe that when I first went to see him, all of 35 years ago in Durham (UK), I half-expected to find it a bore, having persuaded myself that I'd grown out of him, that he was no longer relevant, however much I'd liked him before. I am delighted to say that I was completely wrong; the concert was outstanding and Tom's performance - with all its humour, romance, commitment to social justice and sheer class - won me over anew.

I hope no one minds that I have reproduced a few of the comments from here in my own tribute to Tom, posted at some unearthly hour this morning at
Salut! Live