Howard Roberts

[neatomic]

Hi
Did you get to meet HR ? Ken

no..i was nyc..but read his guitar player columns and was hip to him then
btw is this ken from tdpri?

cheers

[Flat]

I was at GIT from Sept '83 till March '85. (I sat out six months in the middle to work and woodshed.)

And yeah, I DO remember seeing Howard with that brown Fusion with the original stop tailpiece design! I probably saw it it around the school, or maybe at an HR gig at Donte's. Luscious dark brown burst!

[HR Fan]

No.. What is tdpri stand for ? Ken

[HR Fan]

Awesome.. Did you get a chance to take pictures or video of HR playing this Fusion ?

[neatomic]

No.. What is tdpri stand for ? Ken

telecaster forum..ala ted greene, tim lerch etc

cheers

[HR Fan]

I might have seen the forum before . I do remember Tim from GIT days .... We were both Joe Diorio friends and hung out with Joe..

[neatomic]

tim's here.. he posts

cheers

ps- diorio is super underrated cat..had wicked right hand technique

[Dennis D]

Hi
Thanks for writing back..
I have also posted on You Tube of him playing live with Pete Jolly from the 1980's.many videos..... He is playing one of his Fusion guitars.... Ken

Man, you have no idea what it's like for me and others my age to finally see him play ! In the '60's you had all you could do sometimes to even get hold of the records. And if you didn't live on either coast, forget it, you'd never hear guys like this play. For another example check out how many YT vid's exist of Johnny Smith -- what is it maybe 2 ?


Bottom line - my point is - count your blessings folks that there's a YT and that people like Ken could and did upload these vids.

Thanks a million Ken !

From another HR fan who's grateful for your efforts !

Dennis

[HR Fan]

Joe .was Great ..He will be 80 years old next birthday...

[neatomic]

Joe .was Great ..He will be 80 years old next birthday...

gods bless...had recent post here about bucky pizzarelli..89!!..recently had stroke..and was talkin guitar & giggin from hospital bed!!..the heavies

cheers

[HR Fan]

Dennis.. Many thanks.. I asked pat Hicks for the DVD and then made maybe 6 videos or tunes from that ... .... Also hoping to find more soon Ken One of my best friends was Johnny Smith's prized student at 14 years old when Johnny took Bobby Montoya to the Benny Goodman award and won..... So I had known Johnny from when I was 19 years old. I got to talk to him about a month before he died.

[HR Fan]

Joe Diorio had a stroke maybe 8 or 10 years ago and it slowed him down but he was tough and kept playing .. He loves to write music so that is a huge blessing for him to do...
I met Bucky many years ago and he was a very kind person... Wished I would have asked him about HR but didn't realize they were buddies.

[HR Fan]

Dennis
HR was a kind guy !!
I still have many questions I wish I could ask him.. Ken

[HR Fan]

Tim Lerch plays great guitar !! I enjoy watching his You Tube videos ......

[docbop]

Saw HR at Dontes a couple times and before GIT started I went to one of HR Seminars they did in hotels. I went to GIT twice 1980 and 1991 second a free ride thanks to Pat Hicks. HR was a great guitarist, teacher, and a Renaissance Man type of thinker.

[HR Fan]

Thanks for commenting about GIT and HR and also Pat Hicks.. Did you ever take pictures of HR at school or at Donte's ?

[HR Fan]

Hi
Were you in Doug Perkins graduating class ? If so did you take pictures of HR and Don Mock playing at the graduation ?,

[HR Fan]

Here is HR playing one of his Fusion guitars...

[docbop]

Thanks for commenting about GIT and HR and also Pat Hicks.. Did you ever take pictures of HR at school or at Donte's ?

I had some from our class graduation, but moved so many times since I can't find them.

[HR Fan]

Here is HR playing one of his Fusion guitars....

[HR Fan]

Dennis
Here is one of the HR Fusion videos I posted...

[HR Fan]

Hi
Do you remember HR playing then ?

[Dennis D]

Dennis
Here is one of the HR Fusion videos I posted...

Yes Ken, I saw that yesterday ! Wow !

I like how it starts with him ' rolling up his sleeve '.

And aside from the obvious treat of seeing and hearing of him play, there always seemed to be that grin of his.
Like he was always up to something and while it wouldn't be mean, it was going to really funny, and I just think of how it would've been a kick once or twice to be in on the 'joke'.


Thanks again !

[HR Fan]

Doc..
I pray that you get a chance to find them. That would be awesome to see them !!!!! : )

[HR Fan]

Dennis
HR had a great sense of humour .Loved to play jokes on people !! Ken