Just a short tribute to musician and Boro fan Hereward Kaye who tragically passed away last week. Hereward was a good friend and past contributor to Fly Me To The Moon fanzine where he recounted his Boro adventures from the 1960s and weaving in stories regarding his musical friends Chris Rea and David Coverdale and their race for fame and maybe fortune. Hereward also submitted a tremendous first match anecdote for for My Boro Debut 1st Boro match book.
A member of the Kaye family, some of you may remember Kaye's Tools in Crescent Road, he was actually named after fabled Anglo Saxon warrior Hereward the Wake.
Hereward was singer in Cafe Society and then later in a cappella group, The Flying Pickets (after their number one hit).
After a lifetime in music and a bag full of amazing anecdotes, Hereward set down his memoirs in The Ship Hits The Fans, published just last year. He was also in the process of crowd funding the publication of his debut novel.
I had the great pleasure of chatting with Hereward several times and a couple of years ago we met at Base Camp before walking past Middlesbrough College to a game at the Riverside, where we met BBC Radio Tees presenter Gary Philipson at the Fan Zone. Hereward was bowled over by the changes to that area and having lived in London for so many years was full of enthusiasm-renewed for his hometown club and match day scene. Hereward was founder of the Rok School in Hayward's Heath and talked about how he would one day love to bring some more of his musical experience back to a new generation on Teesside.
He will be much missed - thoughts go out to his family and friends.
A member of the Kaye family, some of you may remember Kaye's Tools in Crescent Road, he was actually named after fabled Anglo Saxon warrior Hereward the Wake.
Hereward was singer in Cafe Society and then later in a cappella group, The Flying Pickets (after their number one hit).
After a lifetime in music and a bag full of amazing anecdotes, Hereward set down his memoirs in The Ship Hits The Fans, published just last year. He was also in the process of crowd funding the publication of his debut novel.
I had the great pleasure of chatting with Hereward several times and a couple of years ago we met at Base Camp before walking past Middlesbrough College to a game at the Riverside, where we met BBC Radio Tees presenter Gary Philipson at the Fan Zone. Hereward was bowled over by the changes to that area and having lived in London for so many years was full of enthusiasm-renewed for his hometown club and match day scene. Hereward was founder of the Rok School in Hayward's Heath and talked about how he would one day love to bring some more of his musical experience back to a new generation on Teesside.
He will be much missed - thoughts go out to his family and friends.
