...and Josh too

Oh God, this is too much. Not just Max, we've lost Josh too. Hard to believe. An insanely gifted guitarist and beautiful human being.

I knew he was a keen skater, but never saw him in action or realised how good he was. This just turned up, 2012 footage from the skatepark near Whitstable when Josh was sixteen:

He approached guitar playing like a skateboarder, always pushing himself to the limit, attempting the near-impossible, falling down, cheerfully getting up and trying again, and again, until he'd taken his skill to the next level. Gone at 21. I can't begin to imagine what he'd have been able to do with a guitar with another ten years of constant playing and integrating new styles.

I'll forever have happy memories from this night, recorded after an epic walk around the Broad Oak Valley together with Juliet, Becci and Tom Holden. My saz playing sounds a bit clumsy (and I was too close to the mic), but that hardly seems to matter now. RIP Josh.