Aye, the Big Fella's gone, and will be sorely missed.
But, being Rod, he went in style. The funeral was booked (provisionally, of course!) and paid for at Kensal Green (it'll be either 20 or 23 July, depending on when Dave Weber can get there) and he stressed that it should be in the afternoon, so that any mates who wanted could sneak off from work and turn up. He also stipulated that there should be a wake at Cecil Sharp House afterwards, which is now in hand. What's more, in the past couple of weeks he was working on around a dozen new songs!
Such willpower and spirit...