Vince Power, the veteran music promoter who died on Saturday aged 76, always made a point of refusing to wind down. Over the course of a career beginning with the opening of his first music venue the Mean Fiddler in 1982, an unglamorous but cosy Harlesden spot which hosted legends such as Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton and a pre-fame Pixies, he left an indelible mark on the music scene. He headed up some of the UK’s greatest festivals and venues, putting on shows with everyone from Paul McCartney to Van Morrison.
Well into his seventies, Power lived above another of his own venues, The Fiddler.
