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/




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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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