Yesterday Mr Chris Annetts, friend, fellow music maker, homesong4lifer and generally good fella, turned 60 years old, and he came round for a wee celebration. It’s great to have him around in my life. I’m grateful for a friendship like this.

Chris is a fantastic songwriter in general, who honed his skills writing lots of musicals, including award winners, in the past before I got to know him. But he has got one particular songwriting knack which is more unusual but very much needed, I would say, in these sometimes anxiety inducing times. He writes superb Comedy Songs. That’s not an easy skill to master, but he’s up there with the best in my opinion.

I’ve been on the same bill with him a few times, and he’s a tough act to follow, or precede, or to anyway try to compete with, when he’s got people pretty much crying with laughter.

But one thing I’ll tell you for sure.

I definitely don’t even try without a hard hat.