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Admin
Pupule
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 Posted - 04/25/2013 : 09:04:03 AM
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I just read that Bob Brozman has passed away. Can anyone confirm?
I know that many of us have been touched by Bob and his music. IMHO, few people have as much musical passion and energy. What a huge loss to the musical community not only as a player but as an ethnomusicologist and historian. RIP Bob. You will be missed.
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Pupule
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 04/25/2013 : 10:37:01 AM
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Originally posted by Admin
I know that many of us have been touched by Bob and his music. IMHO, few people have as much musical passion and energy. What a huge loss to the musical community not only as a player but as an ethnomusicologist and historian. RIP Bob. You will be missed.
Well said and quite an understatement. Bob will be very much missed. I saw him and chatted with him briefly at a Led Kaapana concert in Felton, CA where Bob lived, just a few weeks ago. What a dynamic person.
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 04/25/2013 : 2:34:22 PM
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| What a loss for the music community! I saw Bob on a few occasions in Seattle and talked with him on the phone once. An old friend saw him in Port Townsend and said that it was a good thing Bob played a National because if he played with such verve on a wooden guitar, he'd just have strings and sawdust at the end! Bob kept a lot of good, important music current by playing it with enthusiasm. We miss you, Bob! |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/25/2013 : 4:42:44 PM
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It's so difficult to comprehend. Bob lived in the next town over, but we mostly met up with him at George Kahumoku's workshop. Now and then I would run into him at the gas station or the plant nursery, and it seems impossible that he's gone at such a young age. My heart goes out to Haley, I know they were very much in love, and he did enjoy doing her dishes. One of his quirky sayings was: "no man was ever shot in the back while doing the dishes!"
Po'ina 'ole 'ia Lopaka...
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
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Posted - 04/25/2013 : 7:40:01 PM
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| Bob was a guitarist's guitarist, a virtuoso musician who loved to push the envelope every time he played. He was a supreme master of improvisation. His recordings with Cyril and Led are among my favorite albums. It was through Bob that I was introduced to Hawaiian music and he helped me to see the strong connection between blues guitar and Hawaiian guitar. He was a great teacher and had a wonderful sense of humor. Aloha Bob... |
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RobO
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2013 : 06:32:08 AM
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| Terrible news....RIP Bob. |
a hui hou... Rob
"Lawe i ka ma'alea a ku'ono'ono"
Translation: Acquire skill and make it deep |
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Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2013 : 06:42:49 AM
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| Bob was a close musical associate of my Seattle friends, the Canote Brothers (also originally from Santa Cruz). For a while, we were in negotiations to have him become a semi-regular member of our house band on "Potluck," the weekly live-performance public-radio show we syndicated from Seattle for eleven years. It never came to fruition, but I was pleased to get to know Bob during that time. Too damn young - so glad he was driven to make so much music in so many styles in his brief time among us. |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 04/26/2013 : 07:59:19 AM
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I am simply in shock and deeply sad. I helped produce a CD with Bob and George a few years back (Kani Wai) and had fairly close interaction with Him and Haley on that project. And of course, he was out at George's Workshop every few years, and I remember especially the time he played such sweet music for Tau Moe when Tau passed away (which I think was "Ua Like No A Like").
I will miss him and his unique personality very much. My thoughts go out to Haley and the family at this time.
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2013 : 09:47:30 AM
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| He will be missed, indeed. Bob was an ardent advocate for pre-electric Hawaiian and mainland steel guitar. I enjoyed his playing and enthusiasm. I believe that each of us has a finite allowance of heartbeats, then we're done. Bob lived at an incredible rate of speed, and so he's gone early. I met him on several occasions and participated in a steel guitar workshop at a festival when I was playing pedal steel. We got along fine, even though our approaches to the steel were radically different. Aloha Oe, Bob, and Bon Voyage to the next great adventure! |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/28/2013 : 10:01:09 AM
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This one hurts...
Karen and I are deeply shaken. Just found out a few minutes ago, so a little slow in seeing this, and responding.
We remember Bob as such a great friend and teacher to all of us wannabe's--a great musical friend and Ambassador of Aloha. His vibrant, creative energy and Aloha spririt, were always evident--
whether at camp, on stage and on recordings--it was always world-class.
Times shared were a great gift to all of us who are blessed with his teaching, classes and concerts. He taught as well as he played, breaking down to basic elements, with infinite patience.
Deeply Missed. Thanks for the gifts of teaching and patience with us. Our thoughts are with Haley, George, Nancy, Led and all who love his boundless energy and abundant, beautiful playing, unbelievable knowledge, and practice of Aloha.
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Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 04/28/2013 : 10:05:10 AM
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So much sadness. According to collaborator & producer Daniel Thomas, Brozman "took his own life. He said he was dissolving before his own eyes, and he was devastated by the loss. He struggled to imagine his life without an instrument in his hands."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/28/bob-brozman |
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Admin
Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2013 : 10:44:36 AM
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| Thanks for posting Gregg. |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2013 : 5:26:28 PM
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After hearing about Bob's passing on Thursday, and having co-produced two albums featuring Bob, I spent the day Friday and Saturday preparing some material for broadcast on local Radio stations. KKUP featured a small spot for Bob, but more importantly, Dore Stein, host of the widely received Tangents radio program (Tangents.com), featured Bob for the first hour and a half of his radio program.
Here is a link to play an archived copy of the show (available till this next Saturday):
(Click on the TANGENTS link about 3/4 the way down the list)
http://kalw.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/local-music-player
Here is a link to the playlist:
http://www.tangents.com/playlists/
Dore "encouraged" me to play co-host (at least in regard to Bob's Hawaiian music stuff).
I am still very sad and will be for some time, I have had a few great experiences with Bob and his uniquely magnificent nature.
Sorry I am slow to post this, but I am in overload for several reasons these daze.
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Ahonui
USA
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kihoaluatl
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2013 : 8:13:07 PM
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Such a tragic loss, I pray for his family and hope that they can find peace in the legacy he leaves behind. Bob's playing is what inspired me to learn slide. His passing is felt even here in the South.
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Aloha ʻoe, Bob Brozman
