There has been a decent obituary in The Guardian newspaper which can be read online, the link is below:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/04/brian-smith-obituary

Written by Tony Burke, editor of Blues & Rhythm magazine (apologies for mixing this up in our post), it includes a nice photo of Brian which I had not seen before. Funeral details are in the post following.