Sad news - Tony Banks (real name Tony Newton) Yorkshire's legendary Northern Soul DJ passed away in Leeds on Monday 7th June. Tony, a DJ from the very start of the scene in the 1960s, is lately best remembered as the promoter / dj of the highly successful monthly soul night held at the Brighouse Ritz, which he organised for nearly 6 years before being forced to retire through ill health in September 2003. Tony's funeral will be held at Rawdon Crematorium in Leeds on Monday 14th June at 3:40 pm.
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Mike Hughes is the owner and admin of Soul Source which he started up back in 1997. His soul journey started in the mid 1970s via the usual venues and has continued to the present day, along the way enjoying all eras and aspects of soul, events, dj-ing, promoting, writing and looking after Soul Source. Nowadays though his main thrust is simply enjoying the music and life with his wife and family. 'No one ever said it was going to be easy...,'
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