99snapshots_berman posted the news on Instagram yesterday. Academy Records wrote this farewell:
"RIP to Bleecker Bob, a true legend on the NYC record store scene and probably the most singular character among that very idiosyncratic bunch. I first got to know Bob and his wise cracking sarcasm as a teenager in the late 70s as I soiled my fingers flipping through his grimy reused record sleeves. I also quickly learned that he loved an equal dose of sarcasm in return and our interactions were some of my first tastes of what it meant to be a real New Yorker. When I first opened my store in 2001 it was a real badge of honor when he came to check it out and told me it didn’t suck too bad. Catch ya on the B side."
Bleecker Bob's Golden Oldies was a legendary record shop in Greenwich Village. In 2013, after 46 years in business, Bleecker Bob's closed, unable to pay the rent hike. While they discussed relocating, they never found a space and never reopened.
RIP Bleecker Bob.
*Sigh*... Little bits of my early days keep breaking off and disappearing into the rear view mirror. And I'm now past three score and ten, myself.
ReplyDeleteMan, I'm reading your book and go from weeping (literally) and getting NY 80's angry. I appreciate all you've done to get this book published and for this blog. Bleeker Records closing was a knife in the throat and Bob's passing another to the heart. I hate this new place they're trying to call NYC.
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