Bob was a class act, one of those remarkable characters you meet in Drum Corps that stays with you.
I had known Bob peripherally from back in the day, but I got to know him much better in more recent years.
I used to do souvies for Spirit during Finals week and Bob was a big part of the behind-the-scenes production that makes Finals run. Since the Spirit souvie trailer was airconditioned, I could count on Bob to stop by and visit when the day got hot, pre-Indy dome but he still came by after souvies moved indoors. He would stop by for ten or fifteen minutes, have a seat in one of our director chairs (appropriate now that I think about it) and swap tour stories from the old days.
Bob and I only knew each other from our Finals week visits, I doubt if he even knew my name. I always thought of him as a good Drum Corps friend... one of those you only see occasionally but when you do, the years melt away and you pick up on the conversation you may have started a year ago. He was one of the greats and I'm sure many people have much better stories than mine.
R.I.P., Bob.