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« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2009, 08:44:18 PM » |
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There are too many great poeople going. And at 49? This is very sad. I never got to meet him, but I know he was a great man. RIP Rob
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« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2009, 08:46:27 PM » |
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I'm very sorry to hear the news, and I send my thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. I know he was a big part of Fairport.
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« Reply #22 on: January 18, 2009, 09:15:48 PM » |
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This is very bad news, one can only echo what others have said.
I was standing near to Rob when Fairport were onstage at an outdoor gig some years ago. The sound kept going totally but he was totally unfazed - he just uttered a silent curse, ambled down to the stage, up the steps, whacked the offending cable, and ambled back again. He must have done this four or five times. I thought at the time "Wish I was like that!"
RIP Rob, you were a canny lad.
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« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2009, 09:20:13 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2009, 11:52:23 PM » |
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Sad news indeed. Like many I didn't know Rob but when SoN and I were lucky enough to be guests backstage at the Birmingham end-of-tour gig a few years ago Rob was warm and welcoming when SoN and I were just doing our best not to get in the way.
Sincere condolences to Rob's family from SoN and myself.
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« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2009, 12:17:23 AM » |
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« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2009, 02:20:42 AM » |
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« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2009, 09:19:05 AM » |
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He'll be joining Jonah on the Ledge.
Thanks for everything Rob.
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« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2009, 09:22:51 AM » |
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Maybe another brass plaque on an oak tree in The Field?
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« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2009, 09:58:59 AM » |
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This is so sad - another good guy gone. I only spoke to Rob once or twice & he came across as a really decent bloke. RIP Rob, and my thought are with your family & friends.
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« Reply #30 on: January 19, 2009, 10:03:33 AM » |
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It is so sad.
He was a good friend.
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« Reply #31 on: January 19, 2009, 10:08:03 AM » |
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This is a complete shock. I was astounded to read the news this morning. God bless you Rob, condolences to the Braviner family and to the extended Fairport clan.
Malcolm, I think you raised a brilliant idea in placing a nother plaque on the tree.
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« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2009, 10:51:00 AM » |
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Our sincere condolences go out to his family. That 'Meet on the Ledge' is getting so much harder to sing these days but we will be thinking of you 'Brav' the next time we sing it, and more so in that field in Oxfordshire on a Saturday night in August just before midnight .....
Bernie and Georgina (Southport)
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« Reply #33 on: January 19, 2009, 12:15:04 PM » |
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This is such sad sad news
I send my condolences to the family
I'm listening to Portmerion and it's made me feel very very sad.
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« Reply #34 on: January 19, 2009, 12:44:11 PM » |
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Very shocked; I didn't know how ill he was. The only time I spoke to him was at the sound desk of a gig in Southend - he was so easy to talk to, and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say (even though it wasn't very interesting).
My thoughts are with his family.
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« Reply #35 on: January 19, 2009, 01:36:16 PM » |
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RIP Rob
I am now listening to Canny Capers in his memory.
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« Reply #36 on: January 19, 2009, 02:35:19 PM » |
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How very sad. I was completely unaware he was ill. Condolences to his family and all the fairporters  |
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« Reply #37 on: January 19, 2009, 02:50:26 PM » |
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Very sad. My condolences to his friends and family.
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« Reply #38 on: January 19, 2009, 03:55:53 PM » |
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I'm still in shock, but here's another vote for another brass plaque on a tree in The Field. My condolences to his family and the family Fairport |
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« Reply #39 on: January 19, 2009, 04:05:03 PM » |
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The plaque idea is spot on.
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