October 6th

Mel calls and tells me about Boz’s funeral. A cheery time had at a desperately sad occasion. It sounds like it has many parallel with Pip’s funeral.

In the evening I drive up to St Albans. Danny is plying there with Eric Bibb. I think its gig 2 or 3 of a tour that will take Danny around the world for the next few months. We have to schedule the TV thing in the gaps and I will work on it when Dan’s not around. Meet up with the great Phil Smee at the venue, it being a local haunt. As it indeed has been for me over the years. I saw Genesis there with Khan supporting in the early 70’s. I played there my self with Dave Stewart (who was playing in Steve Hillages Khan when I saw them) back in the 80’s. We were part of a Psychedelic festival that Phil put on. Some of the punk element went a bit bonkers toward the end and began to smash the place up. We actually locked ourselves in the dressing room till the police came to calm things down. Phil has officially been banned form the place ever since! No one seemed to notice and we sat quietly at the back.