Just got back from Roby Duke's memorial service in Seattle. It was really a great celebration of the man, the musician, the friend of hundreds. I'm not exaggerating about that. I bet there are at least a hundred of us out there that felt like we were close friends of Roby. It became a running joke amongst those who were invited to speak at the service..."Hello, I'm (fill in the blank) and Roby Duke was my best friend."
How does that happen? How does someone have the ability to know so many people so well that they count him as one of their closest friends? Most of us in the performing arts have lots of acquaintances, even lots of friends, but I haven't met anyone that had such a significant one-on-one impact on so many people. This is not the typical, "Oh your songs have meant so much to me during the trying times of my life" type impact that most songwriters hope to have. I'm talking myriads of people who had a meaningful, on-going deep relationship with one man.
I wish I could aspire toward that, but I don't think it's possible for us mere mortals.
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I felt the memorial was a fitting tribute to our friend. There was laughter and tears. We'll miss him but he always said "Life is about 7 words and 7 notes; I shall see Him touch His face".
We'll all miss him
Steve Hopkins
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