A sad day, losing such a pivotal figure. I have his book from a few years back, and I got the distinct impression that he was more interested in the music than in the making of a career out of it, while not being without regret at the way history had sidelined him. He came over as a pretty decent chap, who wasn't quite in the right place at the right time, but almost so.

I saw The Bob Brunning Blues Band supporting Brett Marvin & The Tunderbolts at Hornsey College Of Art many many many years ago.
I believe, in recent years, Bob ran(or owned) BB's Blues Club at Merton Abbey Mills in South London. I've never attended the actual club but every August Bank Holiday they have a small blues festival which is spread around a few venues at the arts & crafts market by the River Wandle where the club is situated. This I've been to several times,
enjoying the relaxed vibe generated by the event.
RIP Bob.

News website at least, not sure about any broadcasts

He was one of my teachers at Primary School (Churchill Gardens), and I'm fairly sure he was a keen chess player as well, and may even have taught me to play. A very nice man, who subsequently became headmaster.

In interview, in the F Mac docco on the telly and in his book he always comes across as a thoroughly decent bloke who just loved to be involved. RIP.

I hadn't heard & the first I would have known would be an empty chair at my local. Sad news indeed.

played bass on at least one track on the 1968 debut Fleetwood Mac album (the dog & dustbin, as it became known) while they were waiting for John McVie to leave the financial security of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

That's sad news.

was that he was the founder bass player - John McVie remained with the Bluesbreakers - yet the band was named Fleetwood Mac as Mick Fleetwood always envisioned McVie as the bass player.

So, Brunning took the job knowing (presumably) that his time was limited until McVie could get away from Mayall?

There's definitely a tale to be told there.

...no, it doesn't work, does it?

A couple of Bob's books for primary schools on pop music history are in the Ed Board warehouse I work at (hopefully for not much longer - that refers to my presence, not the presence of Bob's books...). Knowing now that he was a teacher makes sense...

It's funny, even from the one photo that always seems to get trotted out (probably on google, but I'm no good at picture posting) - F Mac at the National Jazz&Blues Festival 1967 - everyone onstage looks serious and cool and 'meant to be there' whereas Bob is grinning away looking like he's won some local radio competition to jam with a blues band for 5 minutes on a big stage. No disrespect to Bob - he just didn't look like he belonged, somehow. Which you couldn't say if you looked at, say, pics of Pete Best with the Beatles.

Pete French - later of Atomic Rooster/Cactus - got a break as vocalist on one of his late 60s LPs though.