[78-L] Bob Brozman

[Jeff Lichtman]

Here's the relevant paragraph:

In 1980 Brozman was involved in a serious car crash and, according to [friend and collaborator Daniel] Thomas, "suffered severe pain in his spine and his extremities ever since". A year and a half ago, Brozman told him he was unable to play Hawaiian guitar. "He said 'My hand won't do it' ... and he was the greatest Hawaiian player since Tau Moe." While recording his last album, Fire in the Mind, "there were times when he just had to stop, and it was incredibly painful for him". According to Thomas, Brozman "took his own life. He said he was dissolving before his own eyes, and he was devastated by the loss. He struggled to imagine his life without an instrument in his hands." 

How terribly sad!

>I'll take your word for it..two minutes and the link still hasn't opened.
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>dl
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>On 4/29/2013 1:53 PM, Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>> This obituary in the Guardian supports it:
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>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/28/bob-brozman
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>>> I'm reading that Bob Brozman's death was a suicide. He was unable to play guitar due to an accident a few years ago. Can anyone confirm this?
>>> Cary Ginell
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