Jay Robert West

I got to know Bob through his friend, fiddler and graphic designer Clare Conrad. I came all the way from Belgium to the Port Townsend Blues Workshop and Bob was so kind to have me over to stay on the houseboat for a week, for three successive years. I used to wake up when he returned from his job at Boeing after midnight to chat and play music for a couple of hours. The next morning, I quietly left for a walking visit to Seattle and to wait for him to get home from work again. A stunning guy,...