people 

my wife, Michaela, to whom I owe everything

our little boys, Joe and Tom, who showed me there was something I still needed after all

my Mom, Joy, and my Sister, Sylvia, and the rest of the clan Duffell

Clive Edge for top percussion, great singing and being my Best Man

Mahesh Vara for much beer, fun and trips to London

Graham Dale for being GUD

Bob Curry, Durham's finest kangaroo conker bag importer

the great singing and songwriting of Ben Smith

the peerless guitar work of Jim Batty

the all-round guitar quality and great songs of Paul Mattes

the awesome Gerry Riley

Jack Courtman

the multi-instrumental Ami Heyward

Gaynor Butler, whose guitar I borrowed

John and Babs Knight at "The Mitre Inn"

John Knight, Ben Smith, Paul Mattes, Jim Batty, Teresa, Kerry Ridgway, Dave Plimmer, Sue Deacon, Graham Wheatcroft, Richard Whittaker, Harry Fox, Yvonne Rowse, Bob Curry, Paul Beadle, Mick O'Neill, James Argyle, Ralph Moore, Keith Trubshaw, Gerry Riley, Pete Boddis, Brian Grove, Roger Pendrill, Pete the Glass, Russ Franklin, Roy Bell, Grass (featuring Tony Short and Pete Wheatley), Stormin' Norman, Lift (featuring Alex Vann and Dan Clark), Mickey Tongue and Debbie, Roger Wall, Claire Benedict, The Toys (as was), Ragged Glory, Jim Blenkhorn, and Abbey : for filling my Monday nights with music, beer and entertainment

Eddy Morton and Trina Keane, and Ben Smith, Pete Boddis and Pete Arrowsmith, Paul Beadle, Tim "the tree" Parkes, Graham Wheatcroft, Dave Plimmer, Ralph Moore, Harry Fox, Roy Bell, Richard Whittaker, John Knight, Jim Batty, Pete Wheatley, Bob Curry, Pete the Glass, Alec Sedgley and Searchlight, Sarah Worral, Keri Jones, Dickon, Jim Blenkhorn, Rachel Travers and Cynthia Kwek : for keeping the Monday night fun going after we moved to Katie Fitzgerald's

Dominic Andrew Vincent Amann, who I eventually found after 20 years in Canada !

music

the Sex Pistols, Motörhead, Silly Wizard, the Foo Fighters, Yes, Dr. Feelgood, James Taylor, the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, Pink Floyd, the Dead Kennedys, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, the Stranglers, the Eagles, Martin Carthy, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, the Beatles, Pearl Jam, John Cooper Clarke, Peter Gabriel, Mountain, Gay Dad, Tom Lehrer, Wilko Johnson, Jethro Tull, the Adverts, Thin Lizzy, Eddi Reader, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Charlie Parker, Cosmotheka, Rick Wakeman, Green Day, Martin Simpson, the Beach Boys, the Jam and Soundgarden

(in no particular order)

funnies 

Spike Milligna, Pewter Sellers, Hairy Secombe, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, Gene Wilder, Jim Carrey, Harry Hill, Ren and Stimpy, Steve Martin, South Park, Morcambe and Wise, John Cooper Clarke, Pinky and the Brain, Laurel and Hardy, Billy Connolly, Tommy Cooper