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| From | mkropp@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Beatle Bob Snafu |
| Date | Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:34:44 +0000 |
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with all this Beatle Bob talk, I checked for info on him and found the following that I thought might be of interest.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-08-24/music/music.html
I found this site devoted to getting Beatle Bob to sit down to be amusing.
http://www.beatlebobsitdown.com/
-------------- Original message --------------
From: garypig@aim.com
>
> I'll preface the following
> by saying these are strictly my own personal experiences,
>
> but when The Ghost Rockets first hit the road out of Hoboken in the
> dreaded mid-Nineties,
> Beatle Bob was one of our earliest, most enthusiastic, and by all means
> most HELPFUL fans:
>
>
> We'd already made the odd convert here and there to our (then) odd sound
> (Eric Sorensen in the D.C. area and Bill Lloyd in Nashville immediately
> come to mind,
> as they helped spread the advance word and supported our earliest gigs
> in earnest).
>
> And like them, when we first arrived in St. Louis to play the
> TwangFest(ival),
> Beatle Bob was THERE (along with our good pal Jordan Oakes, btw).
>
> Sure, Bob did his dance, had a good time, yada yada,
> but more importantly by far
> he made a point of catching up with us outside in the parking lot
> afterwards,
> critiqued our performance most knowledgeably, imho,
> then besides simply waving us adieu with encouragement
> he went that extra few miles by promising to contact us later with
> names and numbers
> of clubowners, DJ's, writers etc. who could help further our mission.
>
> And not only true to his word on that,
> but a year later when we returned for TwangFest Two
> (this time as semi-headliners),
> Bob brought an entire batch of pals along to cheer us on,
> including one quite influential local program director who played a big
> part in our subsequent career.
>
>
> As I said, this is all just my personal experience,
> but I most definitely count Beatle Bob amongst my most favored circle
> of trusted and admired Pop Pals,
> and he continues to keep in touch on a near weekly basis,
> always turning me on to good new sounds and people.
>
> so,
> Long may he, um, dance,
>
> Gary "now then... what about NARDWUAR ?!!" Pig
>
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