I ADORED this man, today would have been his birthday [View All]

[...of J.Temperance]

I know it's photo heavy, but he was VERY important. I haven't actually been able to look at ANY picture of him since before he left us. Getting pictures for this, has been incredibly difficult, because he meant so much and I miss him terribly. I'll never get over his loss, I'd listened to him since I was 12 years old, and if I was ever going to be away, I'd always make sure someone recorded his programmes for me. So him going was like losing a limb, and it still is nearly a year on. And I know that THOUSANDS of other people feel the same as I do.

Today, August 30th, would have been his 66th birthday. So I wanted to post something because of that. Wherever he may be, I thank him in particular for amongst others: Melt Banana and Godspeed You Black Emperor, because I certainly would NEVER have heard ANYTHING by these two bands that I love equally had it not been for John Peel.



With my chosen username, I obviously HAD to start with the above photo.



With Don Van Vliet back in the day.



With the beautifully voiced Sandy Denny.



With his Grandson, Archie.



With wife Sheila, aka The Pig.



But there isn't anyone to do that out there :(