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Long-time rocker David Fothergill is using his creative skills to help raise cash for motor neurone disease and dementia charities, after learning about an old schoolfriend with both conditions.

The former Wakefield Express reporter released his song, Last Waltz, on YouTube, and listeners soon contributed more than £1,000 to his Giving website.

His song is performed by a music group which he founded recently.

In the 1960s Mr Fothergill played with pop group The Vampires. They played regularly around Leeds, and won a chance to appear on television’s Opportunity Knocks.

He said: “It was difficult to write a song about such nightmare conditions as MND/Dementia, without sounding extremely gloomy, but while the song is touching, and sad, it pays tribute to a couple struggling to cope with the last chapter of a life-long love story.”

The musicians met at Notton Village Hall on a wet Sunday in February, to record ‘Last Waltz’. Visit https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/last-waltz. Or tune in to Spotify.

Long-time rocker David Fothergill’s Last Waltz bid for Motor Neurone Disease and dementia charities