Yes he was. I was so fortunate to see him live not long before he died. I would have hated if he had become another addition to the ever-growing list of artists that I'll never see live because they've died.
As for trying charlie, apart from two short relapses, I haven't touched it for over 20 years...
Mark, I love how you have politely ignored the song listed. I listened to it and it reminded me of nights at the Grafton Hotel in Bedford. The best entertainment was the drunken brawl which ended the set, with numbing regularity.
No, I only saw Genesis with Collins. However, as I said on a previous night, my favourite album of all time is The Lamb lies down on Broadway.
I'm really sorry, but I detest Weller. The Mod revival happened when I was at school and I hated them all turning up on their Vespa's with parka's on and the obligatory who 'target' on the back, which I would gladly have fired arrows into.