The British Steelies Society

RIP John.

I am shocked and saddened to hear this.
My condolences to his family.
R.I.P John.

It's a strange feeling when you never knew someone personally but through watching John and David on YouTube, you feel a great sadness of John not being here anymore. RIP.

Very sad to hear that, he was a great guitar player, and very modest.
It was a real pleasure to see him and David play on the couple of occasions I saw them.

'NOT BIG JOHN'...... Very sad news and way too soon! I got closest to him behind the camera and have spent many an hour watching him play........... I am truly saddened ...So humble with such a talent......R.I.P John! You must be gutted David! ........My thoughts are with all those close to this ' Big Fella' Yet another wonderful talent leaves us!

Very sad to hear this news. Only ever met John at the St.Neots steel meeting. A very friendly guy, full of life, and made a big impression on many guitar pickers. My sympathy to Mandy (his wife) & family and to Dave Hartley, his buddy. R.I.P John.

In Memory of John, my favourite :-

Just read this on Facebook. Such a loss.

Such a great player, will be sadly missed. RIP. Donny

What a shock! It takes a while for that kind of news to sink in. John was a great friend, we met up
every year in Dallas in the Telonics Room. His wife Mandy is a lovely person and great fun to be with.
My heart goes out to Mandy and her family and friends.
R.I.P. John Stannard ...... You will be missed by many.