DON TRUSCOTT

One of the truly great characters in the old and early days of BBC Radio Nottingham. An honest, trustworthy, hardworking lovable man who sadly died all too young; at the age of 33 of cancer. I'm so glad that his old mate Alvin Lee, of Ten Years After, who also came from Nottingham and had his first amps built by Don, was able to invite him down to the rock star mansion. It made Don's year. He could also drive an adapted radio car mini faster than any Formula 1 star. That reminds me. Don played me a 12 inch reel to reel of the band recording one of their albums. Can't recall which one it was. Where is it now? Don was trained as a music tape editor for BBC Radio Three, as now is. He was also an extraordinarily gifted sound man. Miss you, mate.