Dave Johns was kind enough to give me a booking at the Scrag End,ahem, more years ago than I care to remember!.The crematorium chapel was packed with those standing being three deep and I think that he would have approved of the tribute to him[complete with acoustic music]at the pub afterwards.My heart goes out to Susie and all of his surviving family.Ill as he was he took the time and trouble to visit me on the cardiac ward after my incident last November.I'm sure that I speak for Pete Oakley too when I say that we were glad to have a bit of quality time with Dave,albeit late in the day,whilst eating out on a couple of occasions recently.Pete expressed a wish that,if faced with a grave illness,he himself would respond with the type of bravery,good humour and stoicism shown by Dave.I heartily concur with those sentiments.We're sad to have lost a friend much too early whilst folk music,both local and further afield,has lost a tireless and enthusiastic champion.