This one goes out in memory of Wargaming Dave. He may or may not still be alive, but given his predilection for substance abuse and general poor state of health, and the fact I last saw him well over twenty five years ago, chances are slim.
Dave was an ex bomb disposal officer, he was slightly deaf FROM TOO MANY BLASTS, he then joined the fire brigade and then got pensioned off with an injury. Dave spent most of his free time abusing substances and wargaming. He had an excellent set up for Warhammer and a decent amount of miniatures and we spent hours at Dave's playing a really basic version of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, with very little magic, only magic items and weapons and no spells or wizards. It worked well for us.
Anyway, Dave was a bit of a character, he had a Battle Axe I used to drool over and we used to listen to very cool music at Dave's and listen to stories of the Hawkwind concerts he had been to. The one musician he did introduce me too was Bo Hanson, a Swedish musician who used to play keyboards for Jimi Hendrix, but had a good solo career as well. He would rent an island in the middle of a fjord with some friends and make music.
One album he did was music inspired by Lord of the Rings and this is what Dave used to play a lot, and it was perfect for us, the atmosphere, the games, the whole situation. Dave said when it came out you either tripped out to Dark Side of the Moon or Bo Hanson's Lord of the Rings.
It's stayed one of my all time favourite albums ever since, and one I play a lot when painting or gaming, or just chilling out and remembering the good old days in the early nineties.
Anyway, enjoy....
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