Robbie Hoddinott
Rick Wolfish
Kingfish? I know he had a serious drug problem, I liked him a lot in
Kingfish.
Douglas T Lilley
I had a friend who took guitar lessons from him about 10-12 years
ago. He was a raging junkie and it was not a pretty sight. He could
still play guitar though. I'd be amazed if he's still alive.
bigrr
<7d633a33-916b-4b48...@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
I saw him play with a version of Kingfish at thev Maritime Hall in SF
back in 96/97. He was playing great but didn't look good.
Douglas T Lilley
> In article
> <7d633a33-916b-4b48-9ed0-555122dfc...@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
My pal was the rythmn guitar player at that show. Too bad we didn't
cross paths.
ML
> > > On Sep 16, 5:53 pm, Rick Wolfish <rld.wolf...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > > Anyone know what happened to Robbie Hoddinott, guitar player for
> > > > Kingfish?
I emailed Our Favorite Well-Respected Man
in The Music "Know" Joel Selvin on this.
Dear Mr. Selvin,
Do you know what has become of
Rob Hoddinott (NRPS, Dinosaurs)?
Thank you kindly,
Mary
Got this e-mail today:
JoelS...@aol.com
to me:
Alas I am no help.
bmo...@nyx.net
> to me:
> Alas I am no help.
He was seen within the last ten years by a friend of mine outside a
show in SF. He introduced himself by saying something like "I used to
be Robbie Hoddinott." Sad.
hamst...@gmail.com
Hello! I don't know if these posts are current - I too am looking for
Robbie, and this is where Google led me. My real name is Joyce, and I
was Robbie's old lady for many years. We got together when I was all
of 22, back in 1981. We lived together for seven years, after which
he began doing prison time - seems like as soon as he was paroled, he
would be violated, and back in the slammer again. I see that Robbie's
drug problems are public knowledge - I am no saint, and was beside him
every step of the way, but I got tired of it - and of touring
California's finest correctional institutes to visit him - and not
having a car to get there on top of things. Please understand,
before you all judge him (and I) too harshly - Robbie tried time after
time to clean up, as did I. At one point, we tried cleaning up by
leaving the city, and moving to Marin, not that it helped matters
much. That is where I am now, living in San Rafael.
For the record, I eventually got on methadone and have left that life
behind me. But Robbie's drug use was complicated by the fact that he
suffered severe damage to his sciatic nerve - his first surgery showed
that it had been pushed almost 2 inches to the side, and had it
snapped, he would have been paralyzed from the waist down,
permanently. He had at least 4 surgeries while we were together. I
know that is not an excuse for his behavior, but it is a fact that
needs to be factored in.
If anyone knows where Matt Kelly is - he would be the person most
likely to know about Ribs (Robbie's nickname) Mathew also knows me,
and I would like very much to speak with him. I last saw him about
six years ago, and he was on his way to Hawaii.
Up until five years ago, I saw Robbie almost on a daily basis. He was
in bad shape, and, for a change, I was doing well, and he would come
by every other day to ask for food, or money. Even so, he slipped
inside the house while I was asleep, and, not for the first time,
stole my 12-string guitar. I damn near killed him for it too - Robbie
never was good at looking at the big picture, heh, heh. I last saw
him at my old apartment in the Canal around October of 2003 - that was
when I told him I would kill him if he ever came to my door again. Of
course, that would never stop Ribs, but he did stay away for a few
months. Unfortunately, my roommate died of cancer not long after
that, and I had to move. I found out thru friends that he had come by
my house since then, but I was gone, and he didn't know where to look.
Although I have been tempted to hit the city and pound the streets to
look for him - I can't. I am disabled now, and spend all of my time
at home, usually on the computer, hanging out at the Daz Forums, or at
my site at Deviant Art. The last sighting any of my friends have had
of Robbie would have been about 8 or 9 months ago. Look, I don't care
if you believe that I was his woman or not, but he was and still is,
the love of my life - we were never meant to split, we were soulmates
- the goddamn drugs just got in the way. If ANYONE has ANY news of
where he is, please reach me at this email address: rat...@msn.com.
I go by the name of hamstergirl4444.
And I promise you - I won't hurt him, LOL. Given his condition the
last time I saw him, I am afraid he may be dead. I want to know if he
is, and if he isn't, I want to see him again, very much so. Please
get ahold of me if you have ANY info.
Thanks guys,
hamstergirl (joyce)
Dave Kelly
<hamst...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5ea1bc9a-1620-4413...@g25g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 16, 2:53 pm, Rick Wolfish <rld.wolf...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Anyone know what happened to Robbie Hoddinott, guitar player for
> Kingfish? I know he had a serious drug problem, I liked him a lot in
> Kingfish.
> My name is Joyce, and I was Robbie's old lady for many years.
* Pictures Please.
> I am no saint
* Well who IS?....now how 'bout them snaps, baby!
> Look, I don't care if you believe that I was his woman or not!
* WHOA!...calm DOWN!...now yer gettin weird on us, Joyce!
Randy G
> seems like as soon as he was paroled, he
> would be violated, and back in the slammer again.
IIAAHSWYP????
gallery...@gmail.com
sweetbac
<gallery...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> Robbie is in SF, he's got an apartment and is hanging tough.
I'd love to interview him if he'd be into it..
let me know.
James Pablos
>
> I'd love to interview him if he'd be into it..
>
sweetbac
"Juan Hernandez Lopez Pablos" <j.pa...@gmail.com> Lisped in message
> I hardly think he wants to come out of obscurity...
Is there ANY chance you could be torn apart by wild
racoons out in the cotton field behind your tar paper shack?
Now hush, Junior...theys GROWN folk talkin'
<high 5's RMGD!>
Edwin Hurwitz
sweetbac
"Skippy Hurowitz" <ed...@indra.com> wrote in message
> Seeing Kingfish in '75 as an impressionable 24 year old
> First concert I went to on my own (Orpheum in Boston).
<LOL>
<Grabs Crotch>
sverko...@frontier.com
> Robbie is in SF, he's got an apartment and is hanging tough. Still silly, grouchy and plays when there's a guitar. Doesn't do commuter tho!
sverko...@frontier.com
bmoore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U49nQ9hUQlw
hamst...@gmail.com
> Still kinda looking- Wadda I gotta do?- Tramps around Sanfran wishing for luck? I am simply someone from the VERY distant past whom he might actually be willing to have contact with.....
Sweetbac
> > Still kinda looking- Wadda I gotta do?- Tramps around Sanfran wishing for luck? I am simply someone from the VERY distant past whom he might actually be willing to have contact with.....
>
> You could just try contacting his old lady....
Goodness Gracious.
3jane.
> > Still kinda looking- Wadda I gotta do?- Tramps around Sanfran wishing for luck? I am simply someone from the VERY distant past whom he might actually be willing to have contact with.....
>
> You could just try contacting his old lady....which happens to be me :) In fact, he's sitting on my couch right now lol - but he doesn't do computers. My real name's Joyce, just hit me up at hamst...@gmail.com (no, that's not a typo, it really is hamstergril) or my G+ page, which is under hamstergirl4444 and I'll pass the msg onto him - he likes hearing from old friends :)
larzpl...@gmail.com
hamstergirl4444
>
> I'm assuming Robert wasn't asked to participate in the Chicago shows?
> Goodness Gracious.
If you still want to connect with Robbie, I convinced him to start a FaceBook page, about 3 weeks ago. He's up here every weekend, which is the only time he has access to it, but I keep an eye on it for him during the week - quite a few old friends have found us this way, just send a FR :)
hamstergirl4444
> On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 2:47:52 AM UTC-4, hamstergirl4444 wrote:
> > > Still kinda looking- Wadda I gotta do?- Tramps around Sanfran wishing for luck? I am simply someone from the VERY distant past whom he might actually be willing to have contact with.....
sweetbac
> >
> > I'm assuming Robert wasn't asked to participate in the Chicago shows?
> > Goodness Gracious.
>
> I think he should have been there, even if just for a couple of songs. Even if traveling wasn't an issue, nobody knew how to reach him, and I ain't taking my funky ass'd, likely-to-break-down-at-any-moment car to Weir's house - not on that road, lol.
ya feels me, hamstah baby?..the dude blew it decades ago.
Hell, Dana MF'in Morgan JUNIOR has a better chance of playing with these guys again that that punk.
I'm done yelling.