I never met Bruce personally. But we met many times in theatres and on open fields, some dry, some wet, some very wet…

The excitement of looking out for the next tour dates, working out how many and which ones we could get to, planning holidays around the Scottish dates….

Waiting for the band to come on, the anticipation of knowing that for the next couple of hours you could lose yourself in the music, the history and especially Bruce’s wonderful voice, leading us through all our favourites…..

A pattern of our lives for twenty years. A part of our lives for ever.

And I wish I’d had just one chance of a quiet drink with him. That’s what I would have told him.