Well. It just gets worse for awhile I guess. Found out tonight that Robert Quine had died. Tributes are pouring out. We in the Odds got to spend some time with Robert in NYC when he came to help us on the “Bedbugs” album. Our producer Jim invited Robert over to hang out and go for dinner because he knew we would hit it off as people. He was right. Bob was an extremely funny and intelligent man who could fire out riffs that no one else could even imagine much less create for themselves — verbally and on the guitar. I was fascinated by how he had originally divined his sound from the most evil rock sounds of the 50’s. What he did was so hip and contemporary but his foundation was way back in the roots of rock. As is my bad habit, I picked his brains about influences, great shows, gear, life lessons, favourite tracks he
