My partner, Paul Travis, who has died of
cancer aged 73, was a musician and songwriter who was part of the
British progressive rock scene in the 1970s, first with his own band, Travis, then with Liar.
Born in Oldham, Paul was the oldest child of Alan, an exhibition and design manager for ICI, and Alice (nee Worthington), who worked in a school canteen. He went to Chadderton grammar school for boys in Oldham, and as an accomplished guitarist became a member of various bands on the Manchester folk scene from the age of 16.