News 09 February 2006 Current top GMWN Golf stories Trophy Published: 2nd February 2006 The £600,000 Win a Music world mourns loss of council house golf inspirational songwriter Forgotten your break lines, John? Just ad to BRYAN Glancy, who Ireland died on January 20, Lib Dem 2006, aged 39, was Good bio to petrol Property a much-loved Young, gifted and Price Guide singer/songwriter talented who inspired and You will be caught influenced a in the act generation of I’m so sorry, says musical talent. BRYAN Glancy: Died cancer blunder on January 20. doctor He was a warm, Potty peacock Education charismatic, funny and intelligent man Music world mourns who will be greatly missed by scores of School loss of inspirational friends and admirers. league songwriter tables Bryan emerged as a hugely impressive Cancer bungle and songwriter and performer in the early doctor flees inspection 1980s and remained a familiar and Didsbury home reports popular character in and around The name’s Manchester from that time, performing Marsden... Jack Neighbourhoods in many of the city’s prominent venues. Marsden Search Disgraced dame is for His career took him all over the UK, facing the sack local Europe and the USA, and he enjoyed Stop wine-ing about firms, lengthy and successful collaborations the rain... we’re in services and with several prominent artists including for a vintage year info ex-Chameleon, Mark Burgess and I am Mum of autistic boy Kloot’s John Bramwell. devastated Links

Bryan had many friends in Manchester The mother of all Links and beyond, who admired his musical hedgehogs to the talent, his wry and intelligent humour, Holly’s a star... no best his loyalty and his compassionate kidding local nature. Prostitutes outside websites the playground It is an indication of the high esteem in Britain’s oldest which he was held that he was best referee: ‘I will man to no fewer than six of his closest never blow whistle friends, including fellow singer on football’ songwriter David Gray, with whom Two battle it out for Bryan toured and performed extensively GMB building here and abroad. Bryan was renowned for his unswerving personal and musical Council’s u-turn on integrity; he never abandoned his ideals road side tributes for the sake of commercial success. ban Kirsty’s tears of joy Bryan was born on April 1966 and grew for soap star up in Prestwich. He attended King David Richard Junior School and Bury Grammar Judge feels Judge feels School, and began playing guitar, aged ashamed of 13, in 1979. gangland gun culture By the early 80s he was forging a Appeal gets on reputation as a bright and hugely track promising talent, writing beautiful Johnny’s on the songs, and, for a time, dispensing mend alcohol and largesse from behind the ‘cans bar’ at the newly-opened Headteacher is Hacienda. He was invariably the focus suspended of a lot of, mostly female, attention — Designer bag’s a Bryan had a magnetic quality that drew ‘snip’ at £1.95 people towards him. Peggy the parrot’s giving me the bird He continued to perform and write Security boss raided songs throughout the 1980s and was Police hunt man’s well-known in such venues as the Green rapist Room, where he frequently played Foreign language is alongside John Bramwell (then known, a ‘primary’ concern of course, as Johnny Dangerously). His It’s high fives for work with Mark Burgess drew Sam, 6 considerable media attention and critical acclaim. In the 1990s he was a member We’re moving of the seminal and influential house... again Manchester band The Mouth, before Have you ad cancer linking up with virtuoso violinist Graham check? Clark. Chorlton man who plotted Corrie’s first Everybody loved Bryan, from the gay kiss quits Granby on Princess Street, to The Pals’ magical Temple of Convenience, Big Hands and memorial for their legendary Manchester venue Night and best friend Rory Day. Bryan was a friend to many of Bleary-eyed Manchester’s most prominent musicians residents are left and entertainers. feeling sick as a parrot Bryan’s funeral at the Jewish cemetery in Failsworth was attended by more Poll than 200 mourners, among them Badly Do you think that Drawn Boy, David Gray, the members league tables are the of Elbow and I am Kloot, and rising star best way to gauge a Steven Fretwell, as well as scores of school's performance? friends and family members. Yes Bryan was a wonderfully talented and 22% versatile man; at the time of his sudden No and unexpected death, he was enjoying 78% the second year of a degree course in Thank you for voting creative writing at Salford University. E-mail us

He was looking forward to the future Email the News with hope, confidence and enthusiasm. Desk He will be sorely missed; not only by Email the Sports those alongside whom he performed, Desk but by his many, many friends and his If you want your If you want your teammates at Dynamo Thursday, for letter to be whom he appeared for several years on considered for Sunday mornings in the Manchester publication please Publicity League, and those with whom include your name he enjoyed a Thursday evening kick- and address. about at Mersey Meadows for a number of years. Bryan was incomparable and Mystery of war will be irreplaceable. hero Tom

Saul Brody Author calls for help to complete the First published by the South Manchester story of a lost Reporter Mancunian soldier

Submit your comments Mancunian Exiles

The page for all South Manchester expats Feedback

What do you think of the new website, we want your views Fight for the Metrolink

Get the trams back on track

Useful Information

How to contact your council, councillors and MPs

© Copyright 2006 Guardian Media Group