The late, great Tony Wilson

[Steve]

Absolutely.  My own tribute to what seemed like a great person is 
here: http://festivefifty.blogspot.com/2007/08/tony-wilson-1950-
2007.html. See you there.
--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thebarguest" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
>
> I was saddened and shocked to hear of TW's death. I don't know 
whether
> he met Mr Peel in this world but I've got a nice mental image of 
them
> meeting in the next one ; amongst the topics of chat would be -
> Joy Division (of course), Happy Mondays, Factory Records, the role 
of
> the media in showcasing new musical talent etc....
> A person of incredible self-confidence, he was indeed a man of many
> strengths - newshound, (heated) debate chairman, (mega) music fan, 
his
> intelligence always shone.
> His "So It Goes" tv show was the first music program to focus 
almost 
> exclusively on punk / new-wave (cf Peel's radio show). I remember 
seeing
> Magazine on SIG and then hearing the Peel session a month or so 
later.
> He said he wanted to "discover" a third great band, of the 21st 
century,
> to follow JD and HM, I wish he could have done it - sadly it's too 
late
> now ........
>