Sad News Dave McCadden RIP

Just have had word that Dave McCadden passed away on Sunday Night in hospital in Manchester, two years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Dave was respected and well known on the soul side of things for his various writings and the fanzines that he run over the years. He was a member/visitor on here a few times since the start of the site, the first time was when featured clips of some of his Soul Galore writings and was then just setting off down the comedian road, he returned now and again over the years and was an active member fairly recently.

Though never met in person his writings over the years have given me great enjoyment and he defintely had a knack of telling a story, the Jades in the chipshop being a great example, and his Soul Galore fanzines have to the most revisited ones that have, the way he could bring a laugh in a just a few words when writing about a 45 was a gift .
Was a character and am sure many stories such as the real background to the soul sam letter to Echoes are just waiting to be retold
Sad news indeed RIP

Clips from issue 8 of Soul Galore can be read here in an article originally published on Soul Source in late 90s
http://www.soul-source.co.uk/rare-northern-soul-words/rare-northern-soul-articles/soul-galore-look-back-review-from-90s

A tribute to him as Dave Purdy (his standup name) can be found here on the Chortle site here http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/feb06/purdy930201.php

The funeral is next week, have took liberty of lifted the below from one of the comedy forums
http://forums.chortle.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1908&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60
 

forum thread can be read here