[Dixielandjazz] Re: Bob Newman, Don Goldie and the Sacto Fest

[Robert Newman]

Thanks, Mike -- That really confirms the sad news we had heard about Goldie.     What a monstrous tragic loss to our world.

Bob
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  Subject: Bob Newman, Don Goldie and the Sacto Fest


    Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:25:40 -0700
    From: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
    Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Don Goldie
    Later in that Jubilee we, the Fulton Street Jazz Band,  had a set in a venue in the K-Steet Mall nearby.   Just at the start of that set, who should march in with their horns and broad grins,  Don Goldie, Wild Bill Davison, and Tommy Saunders!    Our trumpeter / leader Dean Nelson was thrilled.   So Mike Starr, our trombonist, and I dove off the stand to make musical and acreage space for the impending Trumpet Summit.    What a blast!
    Years later we heard that Goldie was suffering from the ravages of diabetes including the loss of a leg and had committed suicide.   I've never seen this confirmed.   There is a short biography and discography in the following website http://www.univox.com/radio/goldie.html#discog.    It gives his years as 1930 to 1995.    It does not state the cause of death.
    Bob

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  Hi Bob:
  I remember that year too.  Don came and sat in with my band a couple of times.  What a joy he was to play with!!!!!
  Yes, he had diabetes and was about to be put on dialysis because his kidneys were shutting down, aside from everything else.  When I talked to him in the hospital, he was really obviously depressed and we talked about my coming to visit him.   I couldn't believe when they released him early because they "needed the space."  I actually called the hospital and complained to them and asked why he was let out, when he was not in good mental condition.  They had no excuse.  He literally went home and then shot himself.
  I was crushed at the time.  I still think of him a lot!
  Mike Vax