Bridgewater

Around 6 on a Monday evening, I found myself standing in a Marriott Hotel ballroom in Bridgewater, New Jersey, talking to a retired police chief about his newfound passion for protesting Donald Trump.

Bridgewater falls in New Jersey’s 7th District, one of the wealthiest congressional districts in the United States.

The Unlock Runcorn group have long wanted to reconnect the Bridgewater and Manchester Ship canals, restoring what was an important water route that linked Runcorn with both Manchester and Liverpool and played a key part in the town's industrial boom.

The song was to receive an even bigger break when Irish folk star Moore came across it after a gig in Manchester, when a CD containing it was posted through the open window of his car by a fan as he left the Bridgewater Hall.

The 39-year-old trumpeter/composer has been a Grammy nominee in the jazz fields; he played all the great jazz venues around the world; he was mentored by Donald Byrd at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he graduated with a degree in jazz music; and Dee Dee Bridgewater produced his third album, “Afro Physicist,” which features fellow trumpeter Roy Hargrove.