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Author Topic: Four Freshmen Tenor Bob Flanigan Dies At 84  (Read 1674 times)
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« on: May 16, 2011, 07:33:37 PM »
Came across this news just now, very sad to hear.  RIP Bob.

Article here:

[urlhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110517/ap_en_ot/us_obit_flanigan;_ylt=Au103oSElTDGgp4i8bDxJs1xFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTJoZ3NlbW9xBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwNTE3L3VzX29iaXRfZmxhbmlnYW4EY3BvcwMyBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3RoZWZvdXJmcmVzaA--][/url]
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 12:13:42 AM »
Thats sad news, was listening to the Freshmen just the other night. Bob's voice was the one that Brian was mainly influenced by wasn't it?

RIP Bob.
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 01:28:02 AM »
Damn. RIP.
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 04:48:58 AM »
Oh this is very sad. The Freshmen were a great group and Bob a superb lead vocalist that I know meant a lot to Brian. I'll be playing the Freshmen tonight, that's for sure.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 07:39:16 AM »
Quote from: Paulos on May 17, 2011, 12:13:42 AM
Thats sad news, was listening to the Freshmen just the other night. Bob's voice was the one that Brian was mainly influenced by wasn't it?

RIP Bob.


Didn't brian once say that he learned singing from listening to Bob ? Might be wrong about that, though.
Anyway this is sad news.
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 06:06:15 PM »
"Bob Flanigan and the Four Freshmen were my harmonic education," Wilson said Monday through his manager. "I saw them at the Cocoanut Grove in Hollywood in 1958. My dad and I went backstage and met the Freshmen. I was nervous because they were my idols. They were so nice to me. I was just 15 years old. I'll forever miss his friendship."

Wilson has long cited the Freshmen as one of the two most important influences on the Beach Boys' sound, the other being the exuberant guitar-driven rock of Chuck Berry.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bob-flanigan-20110517,0,3749424.story
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