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Apr 5, 2014 · Messenger always looked like a big friendly giant, to me. Looked for some info on him and found this info from a chap named Bob Borochoff , written last year : "Bobby is an old friend. He originally played saxophone in a band with my Mother in the sixties.
"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a song by the Carpenters from their self-titled third album, with instrumental backing by the Wrecking Crew. It was written by Paul Williams (lyrics) and Roger Nichols (music), who had previously written " We've Only Just Begun ," another hit for the duo.
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Nov 17, 2021 · Bob was an amazing musician; a talented bassist, flautist and saxophonist. There was almost nothing he couldn't play. His sax solos on A Song for You and Mr. Postman still thrill me.
Apr 28, 2014 · I've enjoyed Bob Messenger's solos on Carpenters albums since I was a wee lad but I've found very little info about him outside of his Carpenters credits...
Sad news to report today that Bob Messenger passed away on the weekend. Bob worked with the Carpenters right from their 1969 debut to the end of their active career, appearing on their albums and videos, guest staring on their christmas television specials and touring the world with them as part of their band playing tenor sax, flute and bass.
A Song for You is the fourth studio album by the American music duo the Carpenters, released on June 22, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, A Song for You was intended to be a concept album (of sorts) with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the 'song'. "A Song for You" was written by songwriter ...
Jun 13, 2009 · I don't know, I have to agree with some of the others, that Baker Street, which as pointed out, doesn't really have a sax "solo", but is just a sax line, as many tunes previously had plenty of, from Springsteen to all the blues cats, to 50s/60s boogie-woogie-ish rock.
