They are/were a huge family and we lived next door to his brother through the height of his fame. He used to visit his brother occasionally when he was a big star and I used to make sure anything but Shakey was played pretty loud in our house during those times (in my "cool" NME reader way, I thought of him as a sell out). His brother was a decent bloke, but, I never once met Shakey, so have no idea what he was like.

Noticed his Christmas record was on Doctor Who last night.