Sad news today of the death of George Melly.

My mind wandered back to the days of my youth, Worthing Assembly Hall, 1953, George, with the Mick Mulligan traditional jazz band, what a night, and these were the days of night time jazz on the beach.

A lot happened before I went to another of his concerts, my life actually, as it was in 2005 when my Lady Friend (Hazel ) and I travelled to Pitlochry where George was performing, O K. he sat down throughout his performance but held the "full house" with his songs and stories, signed a C D in the interval for Hazel and had time to tell us a story about someone that he knew in Liverpool called, "Aayzel".

I wasn't what you would call a regular at his concerts, but I think that he was a character, a one-of and we need these sorts to touch our lives.

You lived your life fully George, now, Rest in Peace.