Like so many others I got a lot of support from Ian, and his session at the Red Lion was well worth the hour's drive to get there. He and the Electropathics frequently crossed paths, and we had some good times. He once got me a memorable gig in (of all unlikely places) a shopping centre near Warrington, just Ian, me, and a sword-swallower with his two lovely assistants performing to bemused shoppers on a Saturday afternoon.