Obituary: Musician Terry Horbury

8 January 2016

On December 15^th Raiders lost an old and dear friend. Terry Horbury was a gifted musician and an exceptional man, whose talent for bass guitar ran deep throughout a 50 year musical career. His genuinely gentle, honest demeanour was obvious to all who met him, and his imaginative ideas and creative instinct were second to none. Terry had no ego and was always a man of truth, peace, kindness and integrity, with no other agenda but to care for nature, animals and play music.

It was my privilege to interview and spend a lot of time with Terry over the years, and he was featured regularly both on my show and on Jan’s. He was a truly great person – a gentleman, wit and artist who was musically at the top of his game this past year. His physical presence at his last public performance with Vardis less than five months ago was a sight to behold, making the speed with which he was taken from us all the more shocking. Terry was without doubt the bravest man I have ever met and a true Rock Warrior.

He asked me to send this message:

“MY ROAR WAS LONG & LOUD”

Terrence Albert Horbury
B. Newark-on-Trent, England
06/02/1950 – 15/12/2015

The Terry Horbury Charity Memorial Concert and Birthday Party – Saturday 6th February 2016, 8pm

Venue: The Rock Patch, Merton Manor Club, 76 Kingston Road, Wimbledon SW19 1LA

Admission £10 on the door. All proceeds go to Terry’s chosen charity Bransby Horses Rescue and Welfare (www.bransbyhorses.co.uk). For those who cannot attend, a donation would be much appreciated.

Line-up (subject to availability on the night):

· Paddy Goes to Holyhead feat. Danny Hynes (Weapon UK), Darren Lee (Weapon UK), Andy Burgess, Tino Troy, Chris Troy (Praying Mantis)

· Cream Revival Band feat. Andy Seghers, Peter Brkusic, Christian Heissenberger (Nasty Habits) & Nick Simper (ex-Deep Purple)

· Steve Zodiac & Joe Clancy (Vardis)

· Bari Watts & Ric Gunther (The Outskirts Of Infinity) feat. Malcolm Bruce on bass

· Peter Bullick (Deborah Bonham Band)

· John Fraser-Binnie (Rogue Male)

· Keith Boyce (Heavy Metal Kids)

· Jeff Summers (Weapon UK)

· Ben Main & Reuben O’Donoghue (Stereo Juggernaut)

· Alf Main

· Kevin Riddles (Tytan)