I dedicate this book to all of my friends, new and old, and some that I have sadly lost touch with. I value them all. They are not many, as I can be difficult to get along with. Those who have made the effort, and have become my friends, have become friends indeed. I would like to name them all but they will know who they are. Anyway, they will be mentioned by name elsewhere in this book. If I have mentioned you by name and we have not seen each other for a long time, please get in touch. If I haven't mentioned you, get in touch, anyway.Since I wrote this book, one of my oldest friends, Bobby Grant, has died from breast cancer. I write this with great sorrow. I hadn't seen her many times since we were teenagers, but our bond remained. She phoned me just before she died and true to her nature, she was in good spirits. She had settled in Spain, with her husband and family. I think she had a good life, but it was much too short. I wish her well for eternity. I wish her family well, it must be hard without her. I don't know her married name, perhaps somebody might let me know.
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Special thanks to Roy Cambridge who encouraged me to write this book, without him I may never have started it.Thanks to all of the following for their help in many different ways. Suresh Karadia, Mike Johns, Dido and Sheila Vance, Charlie and Molly Markwick, Carol MacPherson and Pete Lee.
Thanks also to Mark Cole and George Douglas my long suffering Harmonica and Guitar tutors.
