Concert touring veteran and EAW Application Support Group Representative for the EMEA region Moray McMillin passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.

What follows comes from personal remembrances compiled by Moray's friends and colleagues in the UK, primarily Sean Martin and Kevin McNally. Please visit our Remembering Moray McMillin page on Facebook to leave your remembrance.

Moray McMillin, Born 20 July 1953 at Hertfordshire, England.

The mid -seventies saw Moray start his Audio career with as a 'school leaver' with the Kinks and then with UK sound rental company Tasco in Marshallsea Road, London. He earned his on-the-road stripes here working for Tasco's Joe Brown.

By the turn of the decade he crossed the Atlantic to take root in Los Angeles, honing his production skills for the English hard rock invasion of Black Sabbath, Saxon and a solo Ozzy Osbourne. His formative and learning years culminated with his appointment as front-of-house engineer on Motorhead's legendary Ace of Spades tour.

He returned home to the UK as a freelance engineer and took up FOH duties with many bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and David Coverdale's Whitesnake. However it was as Deep Purple's engineer over a 10 year period that Moray made his indelible mark, touring the planet with an EAW loudspeaker system and making many industry friends along the way.

It was this affection for the EAW brand that convinced him in 2005 to make the huge leap from a life on the road to a comfy seat in the UK sales office, selling EAW loudspeaker systems and visiting the very companies for whom he once worked. A few years later, he joined EAW's Application Support Group as EMEA representative. This more technical role suited him down to the ground where he flourished designing sound systems for a variety of venues in many of which he had toured. Moray loved meeting customers and discussing their requirements. A skilled linguist, he often communicated in their native tongue, something that always made them remember him.

Moray was a tireless worker; pound for pound the strongest man in the company! And he was a stickler for detail. Moray could an impression with his personal charm or his professional abilities, but more often than not, it was both. A great example is that just this year Moray charmed his way into and out of France without a passport, just to get to the ISE trade show in Amsterdam!

Moray was diagnosed with cancer in early 2010. He fought it both homoeopathically and also through traditional methods, drawing strength from his friendship with fellow cancer sufferer and Black Sabbath band member Ronnie James Dio as they encouraged each other through their illnesses. Moray was proud he could attend to Ronnie's funeral in Los Angeles last year and under the circumstances, also pleased that he was able to meet many of his old touring friends there. He was very involved in Ronnie's funeral arrangements, including a live concert by Queensryche in the cemetery in front of 1200 fans. He was also honoured to be one of the coffin bearers when the fans had gone and the coffin was laid to rest.

That was Moray, a true gent who would travel to the other side of the world to see off an old friend in style. At each stage of Moray's treatment he wouldn't rest until he found the information or person that could help him fight his cancer.

Typical Moray, he got his responsibilities for the UK's big tradeshow PLASA out of the way before he passed. Despite his hard rock heritage, one thing many people didn't know was that he was fond of a dance!

Moray is survived by his wife Antonella and two sons.