WE’RE HOPING AND PLAYING Friends join forces to back search effort
BANDMATE’S FUNDRAISER FOR MISSING LIAM
Craig McDonald Missing Liam Colgan’s bandmate drafted in a friend for a special fundraising gig a month on from the 29-year-old’s disappearance.
Sean Fleming, who played with postman Liam in duo The Old Old Wooden Ship, took to the stage in Inverness on Friday for his first gig since his pal disappered on a stag do in Germany on February 10.
The concert was part of a weekend of fundraising and tribute events called One For Liam.
Sean, 29, said stand-in Craig Ferguson did a great job but said playing again was tough.
He said: “It’s emotional to take to the stage without Liam but it’s part of the fundraising effort so it’s very worthwhile.
“We hold on to the hope that he is out there somewhere and will be found. All his friends and family are desperate for news.”
Despite possible leads, including sightings in the German town of Buxtehude, no definite trace has been found of Liam, from Inverness.
Liam and Sean were regular performers at the city’s Encore Bar.
Sean said: “We owe a lot of people favours for helping with the search.
“It would be amazing to play a gig with Liam in Hamburg to help all the people who have been so kind there. We are desperate for the breakthrough – we all want him back.”
Friends who studied with Liam and Sean at Perth College were on stage at Encore last night as part of the weekend event.
Sean, a drum and guitar tutor from Inverness, said: “Liam’s a very talented musician. We did cover versions and called ourselves The Old Old Wooden Ship, a reference to a joke from the film Anchorman.
“We started getting booked a lot in and around Inverness and all over the Highlands and islands.
“We are proud to have been part of a musical weekend for Liam.”
Encore boss Tommy O’Connor,