Mick Unthank RIP

Mick Unthank RIP 27/02/24

Photo by Barrie Marshall

29/02/24 - This sad announcement on Facebook about Mike (Mick) Unthank - "Just to let you know that our lovely dad Mike, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning at the grand age of 90 after a short illness. Funeral to be held at 11am on Friday 15 March at Beetham Hall. - John & Alison".

29/02/24 - You can read more about Mick Unthank in this article written by Penny Vingoe in 2008

I would like to pay tribute to Mike Unthank in offering this scanned image from my album of Jazz adventures after moving to Cumbria in 1982 !

It was a mild but overcast day when we set off from the pier at Bowness Bay for Lakeside, playing 'Royal Garden Blues' . But at six knots against a Southerly Breeze our audience soon retreated into the cabin, and even with myself and my double bass acting as something of a wind-break, by the time we disembarked at Lakeside, we were all close to a state of hypothermia !

At least the band received this publicity from the Westmorland Gazette !