is he wrote and recorded some of the greatest songs of all time and I miss him

Gosh, the time has flown by. Seems much more recent than that.

We hear all the time of the death of celebrities and musicians. None ever hit me like the death of Grant. It wasn't like losing a friend, but it wasn't like hearing about a stranger either.

I never really met him - just sat next to the band in a pub. Reading Robert's eulogy I realised I never really knew him - how bohemian he was, how other worldly.

It seemed so unfair. All those years when I could never understand why the Go-betweens were not huge, and then why Grant was not a big solo star. Then, finally, they seemed to be gaining traction again - on top form, happy and with a rising profile. And then he was gone.

His music has been a part of my life for 25 years now, and I don't foresee that ending. I just wish he was around so that we could have some more. And I hope that he understood what he meant to us, the fans.

Good luck with the programme.

... I really miss him too. The news of Grant McLennan's passing affected me more than the loss of any other musician I can think of. I don't want to sound over-dramatic but after I heard the news I was no use to anyone at work, and playing back his achingly beautiful records when I got home had me on the brink of tears.

I fell in love with the Go-Betweens in '86 and later with Mclennan's solo work in the 90's, especially 'In Your Bright Ray'. It cost me £14 on CD in the week of release which seems like an awful lot of money now but of course it was worth every penny.

Took me until '99 I think to see Forster and McLennan perform as an unplugged Go Betweens at the Jazz Cafe in Camden and they were of course marvellous.

Only 47 years old at the time of passing, and I'm sure he had several albums worth of material left in him. So, so sad.

It seems like only yesterday. I can remember where I was when I heard that John Lennon had died; Roy Orbison too. But Grant's passing was the first and only to affect me so deeply; he was of my generation, singing songs about me. I miss him.

I see on the Go-Betweens website (http://www.go-betweens.net) that there is a small tribute planned in London on Sunday afternoon, with a tribute band and DJs. It seems a nice way to remember him.

"When a woman learns to walk she's not dependent any more
A line from her letter, May 24"

I've read novels that said less to me than those two lines.

I came late to the GBs myself, they had already split up first time out when a friend of mine taped a few tunes for me. From there to the 1978-1990 compilation, which I bought just before a family holiday in France that had me confined to bed (or at least the shade, not always easy in a campsite). That tape kept me going for the week. Albums two to six followed quickly, and I loved (and still love) them all. Though I liked the post-reunion stuff, it never hit me in quite the same way. Whether that was because it wasn't quite as good, or because I wasn't 20 anymore, I couldn't honestly say.

Robert has only played Dublin once since Grant's death, and his version of Quiet Heart was as lovely and as understated a tribute as you could hope for. "Grant loved Dublin" he said, and he didn't need to say any more.

Good luck with the show ballymoneen, I intend to tune in and wouldn't want my enjoyment ruined by listening to my umm and ahh my way through some nonsense.

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