Woke up to the very sad news that my friend and fellow dj Ralph Forster had passed away
Met Ralph while I was DJing many years ago in coventry and he came up to me and started talking about when he used to dj In Coventry way before Pete waterman and soon a lasting friendship developed about records soul music and life in general
Ralphs love of the music and his gentleman approach to life shone throughout and you never ran out of things to talk about
Ralph supplied the equipment at the Coop soul nights for the first few years and gave me load's of advice and he also dj'd for me for most of those early days delivering great sets and always something different
Managed to catch up with Ralph at Coventry last November and told him how much I respected him and so glad I did he was a lovely man
My heart goes out to his wife chris and his children who he always talked about every time we met.
RIP Ralph thanks for the memories chats and advice. Coventry and the soul scene has lost one of it's best
God bless until we meet again
Mark freeman