Cheese Blotto- R.I.P.
bobdirk
Very, very nice guy- and a wonderful musician.
Sorry for the "cultural" interruption- Get back to the Hillary/Chevy crap as
soon as possible.
Bob
nic...@uughusit.net
like 20 years ago in Oswego?
I recall some very funny, clever, talented musicians...that I hadn't
thought about in years.
Were they still together???
-M!
On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 02:54:35 -0400, "bobdirk" <bob...@email.msn.com>
wrote:
bobdirk
nic...@UUGHusit.net wrote in message <37ff4775....@news.usit.net>...
>Could you give us a quick history of "Blotto" since I last saw them
>like 20 years ago in Oswego?
>
>I recall some very funny, clever, talented musicians...that I hadn't
>thought about in years.
>
>Were they still together???
>
I'm trying (unsuccessfuly thus far) to find the obituary or a story about
this. I was told that Cheese Blotto was found dead in his truck on 10/3 in
Saratoga. I doubt they were still together- I was hoping someone from the
Albany environs would help with this. Their big hit, "I Wanna Be A
Lifeguard," was only a small slice of what they could do. Funny, talented
guys who, like Albany's Knickerbockers ("Lies"), never really got their due.
Come to think of it, neither did The Units.
Bob
Patricia & Kevin
I read his obit in the Daily Gazette (Schenectady paper.) I believe it said the
cause of death was something about his heart. I just checked the Gazette web
site but they only have today's obits.
Patricia
>
> Here's his obit from the Albany Times Union (obits are free searches
> at their website):
> >
> >Stephenson, Keith A. BALLSTON SPA -- Keith A. "Cheese
> >Blotto" Stephenson, 43, of Middleline Road, Ballston Spa, died
> >suddenly Sunday, October 3, in Saratoga Springs.
> >Born in Ballston Spa, July 31, 1956, he was the son of Kenneth and
> >Louella Stephenson. He was a 1974 graduate of Ballston Spa High
> >School. He attended Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
> >Keith was an accomplished local musician. He played the electric bass
> >guitar in the well known local rock band Blotto and was known as
> >Cheese Blotto. They played in Saratoga and Albany clubs and toured
> >the United States and England. He was the past owner and operator of
> >the former Edible Express in Saratoga Springs. He earned his pilots
> >license through Flight International School in Vero Beach, Florida
> >and owned his own airplane. He was a member of Simpson United
> >Methodist Church in Rock City Falls and National Rifle Association.
> >He enjoyed reading, classic car restoration, fishing, target shooting
> >and his motorcycle.
> SNIP
> >In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Keith
> >Stephenson Memorial Fund to be used for a deserving Ballston Spa High
> >School graduating music student c/o Kenneth Stephenson, 1084
> >Middleline Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020.
>
> There is an article in the Thursday October 7, 1999 Times Union about
> Blotto. If you're really interested you can spend a dollar to get the
> article on-line, here's their search engine for their library:
> <http://www.timesunion.com/library/>
>
> WNYT-13 reported that he died of natural causes, though I wouldn't
> call someone dying @ 43 to be natural.
>
> Bob Reardon
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:-) Patricia & Kevin :-)
"Recognize joy when it arrives
in the plain brown wrappings
of everyday life."
Donna
fine eating, entertainment establishements over the years - spotted him out
and about quite often. He live in Franklin Square for a few years in the
same building I worked in in Saratoga.
Sad and premature. Paper mentioned kidney / liver disease.
D.
bobdirk <bob...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
news:#yGC9KiE$GA.125@cpmsnbbsa05...
> Cheese Blotto passed past away a few days ago.
>
> Very, very nice guy- and a wonderful musician.
>
Godzilla7
bobdirk wrote in message ...
>>
>
>I'm trying (unsuccessfuly thus far) to find the obituary or a story about
>this. I was told that Cheese Blotto was found dead in his truck on 10/3 in
>Saratoga. I doubt they were still together- I was hoping someone from the
>Albany environs would help with this.
Actually, I saw them perform together (maybe for the last time) last year?
at the Corning Preserve in Albany when they opened for B.O.C. Great show!
They will be missed.
-G7
Watervliet, NY