Ian MacLagan - d. December 3rd 2014

The roadies went 
ahead of you
to set up the Hammond.
You started the set,
saying this may be Heaven
but that doesn't mean
we can't raise Hell. 

Read about Ian McLagan here 

P.D.James - d. November 27th 2014

Long before your passing,
you had penned a dozen deaths,
walked a yard behind
so many murderers,
found means, motive
and opportunity of your own.

Read about P.D.James here 

Arthur Montford - d. November 26th 2014

Amid the stramash 
of it all, you kept score
for a nation; at home
in your own language,
immersed in the game,
even in the dying seconds.

Read about Arthur Montford here

Mike Nichols - d. November 19th 2014

In a big dumb industry,
you were barely visible;
the smart guy,
directing smart people,
to make smart things.

Read about Mike Nichols here 

Jimmy Ruffin - d. November 19th 2014

Though so many
have passed this way,
rinsing their souls
in rivers of vinyl,
your final farewell
is the loneliest sound.

Read about Jimmy Ruffin here

Warren Clarke - d. November 12th 2014

We all knew 
your gritblasted face;
pummelled by rain, 
blunt as a rivet,
always turned
to face the North.

Read about Warren Clarke here

Acker Bilk - d. November 2nd 2014

In this life, 

or the next,

one tune 

is enough

as long

as it's your own.

Read about Acker Bilk here

Jack Bruce - d. October 25th 2014

Somewhere 

on the fretboard

is a note 

only you could play,

hidden

between B natural

and B unnatural.

Read about Jack Bruce here

Alvin Stardust - d. October 23rd 2014

At the gates
a queue is forming;
angels in black,
sideburns, gloved hands,
fingers pointing
straight at you,
screaming
Bernard! Shane! Alvin!

Read about Alvin Stardust here

Lynda Bellingham - d. October 19th 2014

Dinner is served 
in an unreal house.
At the table 
no-one speaks.
Somewhere else;
a place is set.
Another family waits
for you 
to come through. 

Read about Lynda Bellingham here