It was a dreich day on South Tyneside. St Gregory's RC Church stands on Borough Road, just off Sunderland Road. Many mourners were there to pay their respects to Brian Carrick. Clarinettist (and tenor saxophonist), Brian was a devotee of the music of New Orleans, over the years he made many visits to NOLA, playing at many of the haunts where some of the legendary New Orleans jazz musicians once played.
Brian, an Honorary Citizen of New Orleans, was played in by The Old Rugged Cross (a recording of Brian himself), which he no doubt played on countless occasions at gigs. Following a lengthy service, at which many musicians were in attendance, Brian was played out with another of his own recordings, St Philip Street Breakdown. Russell
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