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11-07-2009, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: New Albany, MS | | | RIP Bob Monroney
Got the word yesterday that one of our members Bob Monroney passed away in Denver.
Although he was more active on the 2xbasslist than here, those who knew who were really blessed by this true gentleman of bass.
Bob was a great guy.
Little story to show you his generosity:
A few years ago I was flying to Colorado to a family reunion. The family was disappointed I couldn't bring my bass due to the hassles of flying with an upright. Although I'm a jazzer, several in my family play instruments in the old bluegrass/ traditional/ roots style, and my uncle was going to record it to make a cd for my grandparents.
I asked if anyone knew of a bass to rent in Denver and Bob stepped up to loan me his fine Morelli for a ridiculously nominal amount and threw in a copy of the out of print Bob Haggart's bass method book.
I was honored to get to play that bass that he had loaned to a ton of big names playing concerts around Denver.
RIP Bob.
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11-07-2009, 01:02 PM
| | I'm absent from Talkbass for an indefinite period | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Québec, Canada | | RIP Bob!
I think I made a deal with him several years ago. (strings IIRC)
He had a thread to sell his Morelli here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...t=#post2883087
Regards,
François
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11-07-2009, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | I knew Bob for 53 years. He was one of my first luthiers, great friend and mentor to Denver bass luthier Bob Ross.
I will miss him dearly.
His son Brian is Tom Jones' guitarist and musical director.
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11-07-2009, 02:03 PM
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11-11-2009, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | |  Party down for Bob.
The Bob Monroney memorial/session/hang will be next Tues, the 17th at The D-Note at 7519 Grandview Ave, Arvada, Co. from 4:30 - 7:30.
Prolly be alotta crazed bass players there. I'm not in that particular category but will be there. I am a bass player though.
Bob's Morelli will be there for anybody who chooses not to bring their bass.
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11-11-2009, 09:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nashville TN | | | Sending some good thoughts up that way Paul. Will miss seeing ol' Bob and playing the bass he generously lent to the festival. Thanks for keeping us tuned in to the festivities there.
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11-18-2009, 08:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | |  Bass fun
Just a report on last nights festivities in Bob's memory. It was nice .....filled up a good size room. Many people I hadn't seen in years. Brian Monroney and some folks were up there playing "Quiet Nights" without the bass so I asked my buddy, the fine Denver bassist Mike Fitzmaurice to come up with me to help me set up the amp sound for the bass so I could play with them. It was nice, but Bob had let many players use the Morelli before he passed and nobody had bothered to clean off the fingerboard and it was rather hard to play through all the built up muck on the board. I hate that. Plus, my bass is a fiver with the low B and I did that typical thing of not feeling the B beneath the E to land on with my right plucker, so that I became confused about what string I was fingering on and what string I was plucking.  I was brilliant as usual though. 
I told Mike we should do a two bass hit in Bob's memory so we did O.P.'s "Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens" (Blues in the Closet". Being my pushyownself I took over the role as MC and asked if anybody knew who Oscar Pettiford was out there, except that one table with Bob Ross....nope. I felt a jazz bass history lesson coming on but Mike gave me a dirty look so I dint. :  Mike played the melody, I played the harmony part with Brian playing rhythm guitar. Then we played "Might As Well Be Spring" as a Bossa with Mike bowing the head and me playing the bass part.
Anyway, it was a nice evening.....fitting for a beloved member of the Denver music community.
Oh, yeah.... one nice older couple came up to me after and said "We used to hear you with Johnny Smith at "Shaners" back in the 60's. We thought you were dead". I dint know what the hell to say to that. 
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11-18-2009, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton  Oh, yeah.... one nice older couple came up to me after and said "We used to hear you with Johnny Smith at "Shaners" back in the 60's. We thought you were dead". I dint know what the hell to say to that. | We thought you were dead.
Boy that deserves a good comeback line. One's not coming to me yet but it will. |
11-18-2009, 08:33 AM
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I wait with baited breath..... 
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11-18-2009, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | "I was, but I'm feeling much better now..."
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11-18-2009, 09:37 AM
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11-18-2009, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Oh, Moderators.......
Oh, Moderators.....
Since old Bob ain't with us any more, can we change the Thread Header to: Come back lines to people who thought you were dead? Thank you very much.
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11-18-2009, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denver CO 8020 | | | Bob Monroney memorial
No kidding around, Paul Warburton's playing last night was "brilliant as usual" even more amazing coming from a dead guy. |
11-18-2009, 07:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | WARNING!
mostbass is a paid schill. 
EDIT: BTW, Fuqua. We need to talk $'s. I sold five of your damn books last week.
Kick-back time.
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11-18-2009, 09:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | Who's handling your estate?
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11-18-2009, 10:02 PM
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Good point. I fergot I was gone.
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11-18-2009, 11:41 PM
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11-19-2009, 05:40 AM
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+1.
I loved Pogo, Jake. That was some funny, sometimes, brilliant ****.
EDIT: My Mom told me about it. 
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11-19-2009, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton +1.
I loved Pogo, Jake. That was some funny, sometimes, brilliant ****.
EDIT: My Mom told me about it. | Yeah right!  I was raised on Pogo and The Goon Show - savage political and social satire from both England and the USA. I still have a copy somewhere around here of 'I Go Pogo' where Pogo runs for the gummint - probably as relevant to the political process today as it was then.  |
11-20-2009, 06:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | |  The glare......
Brian Monroney gets the PW evil glare......... 
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