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Thread #173125   Message #4198227
Posted By: GUEST,Pushkara Sally Ashford
28-Feb-24 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Bob 'Deckman' Nelson, WA State (1937-2024)
Subject: RE: Obit: Bob 'Deckman' Nelson, WA State (1937-2024)
?Bob Nelson - For Pete's Sake: https://youtu.be/CUrX0LFlbOg?si=CGedXv6smiliNpLG
Bob Nelson, video interview and songs that my daughter, Wendy, and I made "For Pete's Sake!" in 2014. Bob tells at length about his start in folksinging, his membership as a teen in Seattle Folksinging Society, and his various interactions with Pete Seeger and playing for and among organizations on the left that attracted the attention of the FBI.

In this video, Bob brings us up to date talking about his life work, culminating in the collaboration with John Ashford to produce the Bob Nelson UW Folkmusic Archive housed at Suzallo Library. https://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341882&p=2299959?

Bob came out to Whidbey Island with his wife, Judy, for this interview in the gypsy wagon I designed and had crafted for SingPeace! Pilgrimage for Peace & Global Harmony in advance of an 8-hour gathering of NW singers on Whidbey Island and nearby communities, "For Pete's Sake!"

I asked Bob to sing, "Who will sing for me?"

On that note: too much to say and lots more to celebrate of Bob's life and music. He was as much a shepherd of those of us in the folkmusic community as he was a performer and archivist. We love you, Bob!