Bob Webb and I met in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, playing in several loose-knit string-band configurations, in which he championed and encouraged many of us less-expert players.

Later on, in the 1980s, Bob and I both ended up working in the museum field, and would see each other at annual meetings of AAM, where we often could coax a sea shanty or two from him after hours.

Most recently, I reconnected with Bob and his wife Helen when he came to San Diego to perform at the Adams Avenue Roots Festival and Buffalo Brothers. These were fine reunions, in which Bob shone brighter than ever as a performer and interpreter of music history.

His amazing knowledge, precise musicianship, kindly persona, and courtly manner made Bob Webb a one-of-a-kind man, and though we saw each other infrequently, I feel I have lost a real friend. I will miss him terribly.

Patty Hall