North Pole to the Northwest: Little-known local Christmas music
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The holidays are here, and rather than succumb to the same old Christmas music, why not explore Pacific Northwest artists from the not-too-distant past who put out some really interesting Christmas music over the years?
The Brothers Four “Mary’s Boy Child”
The original Brothers Four was a folk quartet featuring Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland and Dick Foley. They were actual fraternity brothers at the University of Washington in the late 1950s. The group was signed by Columbia Records as that label’s “answer” to the Kingston Trio on Capitol Records. They had a hit in 1960 with a song called “Greenfields” and put out a number of LPs, and a version of the band is still touring.
Northwest TV legend Bob Newman has died December 22, 2020 at 6:52 am
Bob Newman (right) played Gertrude alongside J.P. Patches on KIRO TV in Seattle for decades; he passed away this week after a long illness. (KIRO TV)
Legendary and beloved local TV performer Bob Newman, who played Gertrude and Boris S. Wart and other iconic characters alongside J.P. Patches on KIRO TV for decades, passed away earlier this week. Bob’s family asked KIRO Radio’s resident historian Feliks Banel, who knew and worked with Bob for many years, to help prepare this obituary, which was released by the family late Friday evening.
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