We had the cloudberry cream for dessert, and were laughing at Tony Ashton’s classic line where he preferred Chuck Berrys instead of cloudberries. Our fellow friend so sadly missed, but pictured within. Tony was yet another beloved friend that Jon had paid homage to through his music.

Jon used to notice fascinating things about people. His upcoming work “To Notice Such Things” had dedications to - and was done in memory of - his friends. Even ‘local guy’, Edward Grieg, had a piece made for him with quotes from Wedding Day at Troldhaugen.

Jon was very proud of the CD that was to be released later that spring, and the obvious theme fitted in nicely to the overall concept ”A Celebration of Good Friends and Music”.

Before an exceptionally creative dinner was over, we had decided upon a weekend of celebrations in Trondheim, with another concert at Nidarosdomen to top it all. This would be the third time in the very cathedral that he admired so much, and often referred to as the venue of the gig that changed his life in 2003.