A CLEVEDON man who lost his wife and daughter in the space of four months has been inspired to use his music to raise money for a charity.
Iain Moncrieff, known as E, was devastated when first his wife Lisa died from bowel cancer aged 40 last September and then their daughter Rosie, eight, who had a rare genetic condition that made her muscles severely weak, passed away in January this year.
E said his "hero" Lisa, who also had a son, Reggie, who is three this month, "fought so hard to stay for the children and me" and "never complained"
And Rosie defied medical opinion to stay alive for six weeks after being admitted seriously ill to Bristol Children's Hospital last year.
Speaking about Rosie, E said: "Her bravery was beyond words. Unfortunately her lungs were too damaged for her to survive without unsustainable amounts of respiratory physio each day and a machine to breathe for her. She fought so hard....we all did.
"She was an incredible little girl...so clever, talented and funny. She was an amazing painter and singer."
E, a professional musician who plays in a dark blues band with his brother, said music has been "the one thing that kept me going".
The siblings have built a streaming studio and live stream The Dusk Brothers Show every Friday, including a fundraiser marking the 100th edition last week.
E said: "We wanted to do something to make Lisa and Rosie proud and to remember them.
"Lisa was an amazing woman who loved taking on challenges to raise money for charity.
"She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy UK.
"There was one charity who raised money for our family after hearing about Lisa's diagnosis. The charity is called 52 lives."
52 Lives raised thousands of pounds for Rosie, who sadly died before the money could be used for her.
Instead some of it went on a 'send off' event at Clevedon Castle, which including a recording of her singing, with he rest going on a power chair for a little boy, Arthur, E heard about via Facebook.
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