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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:39
Sad news, Paul Gambaccini has paid tribute to him on Radio 4 this morning. I'll always remember listening to him on a Saturday afternoon to see what prog gretas he'd be playing!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:37
"Fluff" was probably the most important figure in the promotion of prog on radio in the UK during the 1970's.
 
That apart, he seemed like a true friend to all who listened to him, his boundless enthusiasm and passion being ever present.
 
RIP "Fluff" Freeman
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:26
Sad news indeed    - this man is a legend.

There was so much great music I first heard on his show and was inspired to go out and buy - Epitaph, Child in Time, Karn Evil 9, Sound Chaser, Hamburger Concerto.

He was the only DJ at the BBC in the late 70s who was playing this stuff when everyone else had gone over to new wave.

Farewell Fluff , and wherever you are "Let's have some more Heep, Tull, Floyd and Sabbath - all right?"
"It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:24
i remember his statements on the "welcome back" DVD (then VHS) by ELP.
i am well aware of his stature in british rock and prog. RiP – and remember
to sit down with john peel and tommy vance for a chat!
progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:22
oh, that is indeed sad, sad news Fluff was known and loved by the whole nation, he is everyone's best uncle.........

Be in Peace Fluff.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:08
Sounds like an important figure...may he sleep soundly.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:02

Sad to report, I heard this on the news this morning.He was one of the reasons I got into prog in the first place.Fluff used to have a 2 hr radio show on the BBC in the seventies playing exclusively hard rock and prog rock.He was a genuine fan of bands such as ELP,Yes,Genesis and Pink Floyd and his programme was one of the few places you could get to hear prog on the radio in the UK. Famously he played all of Wish You Were Here when it was released in 1975.Will be very sadly missed.Keep on proggin up there in heaven Fluff.RIP. 

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