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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Rocky Mountain High: Nevada Bob in a Colorado Hospital

Over the past few years octogenarian Robert "Nevada Bob" Gordon has made 7 trips to Nashville to record covers and original songs in that inimitable Country style. During one of his trips his path crossed with "America's Photographer" Gary Firstenberg, whose images grace the sleeves Nevada Bob's music is housed in, plus the cover photos for his memoir 50 Years with the Wrong Woman.

During these past two years the two have also shared a couple of extended road trips, visiting points of interest while passing through 47 of the 48 continental United States together. 

While homeward bound last week, Nevada Bob checked in to a hospital in Denver. His heart had an irregular heartbeat and the early diagnosis was congestive heart failure. It seemed he would be back on the road after a weekend of observation, but is still there "on hold" till his oxygen levels stabilize.

Here are a few Colorado snapshots, courtesy Gary Firstenberg.


What I remember from numerous business trips to Denver is that there is a lot of wonderful public art, especially sculptures. From first to last, my visits to Colorado were all good. 

Here's Nevada Bob getting ready to order Beef Wellington, 
au gratin potatoes, lima beans and Baked Alaska. 

His smiles are quite subtle, but he sounded cheerful on the phone. 
Leave a comment for Bob and I will pass it along for you. Or
contact me some other way. He's looking forward to getting home
but would enjoy hearing from you.

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