Bob Williamson [25th July 1948 – 19th June 2016] was an award-winning comic (the award was not for comedy). He was born in Bolton and lived there all his life (in different houses!). During the 1970s he released three LPs: Superturn (Sweet Folk All), Greatest Hits Volume 6 (EMI) and Still Hazy After All These Beers (EMI). In 2006, bowing to pressure from music and comedy lovers, he released all three albums on one 35-track CD which can be obtained from this website. His TV appearances are too many to mention but the ones that are still being repeated worldwide are: The Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club, Coronation Street, Granada News, and Phoenix Nights. His live performances included such diverse venues as London Palladium, Hilton Hotel Dubai, Hammersmith Odeon, Hong Kong Folk Festival, and a disused scout hut outside Rotherham. When a back injury made him cut down on travelling and touring, he wrote comedy scripts for TV, radio, and fellow comics. He was 6ft 4” (worth the climb) and stubbornly clung to his 70s hippy type hairstyle. Among his final projects were a TV comedy, begun with his late friend Hovis Presley, about a man travelling around Ireland using only the map on a tea towel.
