My friend and former colleague Philip Keywood, who has died aged 61 as a result of an aneurysm, was a complex, lively and sometimes contradictory character.
He came from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, the third child of Andrew Keywood, a miner, and his wife, Ethel (nee Linley), and was brought up partly by his grandmother, who understood and nurtured his early musical talent.
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