2007-11-23 A warts and all account of George Melly's final years.

Jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Digby Fairweather has written a brutally honest and intensely moving account of life on the road with his long-time hero, the multi-talented George Melly. Musical tensions often surfaced between George and Digby's band, 'The Half Dozen', but they usually managed to resolve their differences. Although George's health was rapidly deteriorating, suffering from vascular dementia and lung cancer among other complaints, he was determined to carry on singing and performing. The author writes vividly of the trials and traumas experienced in getting George to the various venues and how he became transformed once on stage.
This must be one of the most candid jazz books ever written but 'Good Time George' would surely have been delighted with Digby's warts and all record of his final six years.