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I can comment about Bobby McCaw. We were in the same homeroom for many years. I thought he was such a character! We dated in our senior year .. mainly that summer, riding in an old truck at night along Military Pike and Keene Rd. Listening to the crickets. Going to the drive-in on Harrodsburg Rd. Frog-gigging in cold creek beds and later skinning our catch on my parent's patio. I adored his parents and Poverty Knob, as he called their farm. Of course, there was The Music - his love and great talent.
Years later, in our mid 30s, I was divorced and he just basically "showed up". We courted for over a year. He was extremely opinionated and vocal. We talked constantly. He had a tweaky name for everything and everybody, ex coffee was kufwa (?). I was fortunate to revisit Poverty Knob, his parents and brothers - Billy and Ed. They were wonderful with my family and remain special to me. .
About a decade after the above, he built a serious recording studio and made music. Too bad he never had the opportunity to do it for a living. I thought it was a great sadness for him, yet he found bliss in his studio.
Fred Baumann '63 has a CD of Bobby's music. I hope we can play a few tunes at our reunion. He'd like that.
Bobby had cancer and apparently was on the upswing but died with pneumonia.
He was a unique individual. One of a kind.
Linda M
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Robert Riggs
Linda, Thanks for that memory. I have found memories of Bob and that big smile. Yes, I enjoyed going out to his farm, our parents also were friends with his parents. Sorry to learn of him going WEST.
Robert Riggs
James D. Ishmael, Jr.
Bobby McCaw was my long time friend. We started out as friends when we both played for the Rebels in the Southern Little League as 10 to 12 year olds. The Rebels were an expansion team which had to be added because of all of us "baby boomers" reaching that age. We were frankly lousy for the first two years but had a great time. As 12 year olds, Bobby and I and Jim Bird, another '64 grad, started playing well. In the City Little League tourney that summer of 1959, we caught fire and made it to the championship game even though we weren't the best team. Jim Bird pitched the entire game and was dominate throughout. Bobby played shortstop and I played second base. As a wonderful childhood memory, both Bobby and I hit home runs in that championship game! Bobby's younger brother, Bill, was an even younger 8 or 9 year old on the team. Bill is now a vet in Jessamine County. Jim Bird was the main minister at Broadway Christian in Lex for many years and has now retired and I think living in Florida but not sure. I still have a jacket funded by the parents with the insigna marking the 1959 City Little League Champs (no, I can't get in it-ha). Great memories.