I remember him and Paul on stage at LSA exchanging lessons - right hand for left hand.
On 07/18/2014 04:50 PM, Leonard Williams wrote: > It's been a long time since I've seen Pat, but he was the first lute > player I had the opportunity to speak to back in the mid-seventies (here > in Lancaster, PA, there was only one lute: mine). After a lengthy > conversation with him by phone, I apologized for having taken so much of > his time; he replied that the only thing he enjoyed more than talking > about the lute was playing it! I recall that he was somewhat of a > physical therapist for plucked string players, inventing musical finger > exercises to help overcome all sorts of problems. Good insight into the > mechanics of playing. > > Leonard Williams > > On 7/17/14, 1:28 PM, "Charles Mokotoff" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am seeing on Wkipedia: >> [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O'Brien_(musician) >> That Pat passed away yesterday. Does anyone know more about this. He >> was my first lute teacher, extraordinary guy. >> :( A A >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O'Brien_(musician) >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
