{"id":829,"date":"2019-10-01T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/?p=829"},"modified":"2020-07-13T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T10:01:43","slug":"r-i-p-bob-esty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/r-i-p-bob-esty\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Bob Esty"},"content":{"rendered":"

R.I.P. Bob Esty. Not only did Bob produce and arrange one of Disco\u2019s greatest records ever, like greatest, Donna Summer<\/a>‘s \u201cLast Dance,\u201d as well as a ton of other Donna and a lot of Barbra Streisand<\/a>, not to mention Cher, who he wrote and produced \u201cTake Me Home\u201c for and so much more, but he was my very first musical director when I went on tour in 1974 to promote my one and only LP, Childstar, containing the first 10 songs that I ever wrote. This photo was taken at our second rehearsal, 1974, which was literally only the second rehearsal I’d had in my entire life as I was terrified of performing. Bob never lost faith in me. He was even on stage when I jumped off the stage in the middle of the instrumental of the sixth song at my fourth performance ever when I literally kept walking till I was out the door to just concentrate on being a songwriter. It took me til 2011, 37 years later, to perform again and Bob was at that show when I did. All my early memories of my very first steps into music and songwriting contain Bob. He had an infectious laugh, was always smiling, always incredibly supportive, and a lot of fun to be around. A genuinely great guy. I will miss him a lot. R.I.P. Bob Esty\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n

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#<\/span>BobEsty<\/span><\/span><\/a>, #<\/span>DonnaSummer<\/span><\/span><\/a> #<\/span>LastDance<\/span><\/span><\/a> #<\/span>BarbaraStreisand<\/span><\/span><\/a> #<\/span>Disco<\/span><\/span><\/a>#<\/span>AlleeWillisChildstar<\/span><\/span><\/a> #<\/span>HitSongs<\/span><\/span><\/a> #<\/span>Cher<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t