Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Reg Presley R.I.P.

Reg Presley 12 June 1941 - 4 February 2013.


(The author and Reg Presley in October 2008)

A little over a year ago I witnessed Reg Presley's last live performance with The Troggs.  I then promptly wrote about it HERE
It was both a sad and emotional event.  And the reaction of some of the audience, who thought Reg was drunk, only made it more so.
Reg had recently recovered from his stroke when he was diagnosed with cancer and that December night in Essen it was all too obvious the end was, as the song says, near.
A charismatic frontman for one of the great '60s Rock bands, he shall be sorely missed.