Re: (TV) OT sad news

[Robin Dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>]

I am so sorry, Dennis...he had kids, right? Peter very generously made many of his tapes available through Dime years ago...truly a genius to preserve what he did. We all owe him a debt. 

Dennis, wasn't it Peter's brother who taped the Ork loft video?

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> On Oct 14, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Steve Rovner <serovner@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My condolences.  I still have the cassettes I got from his trusted friend
> and they they still show where I marked them "PD".  Although I never met
> him, I was always very thankful for his foresight in 1974/1975/1976 to
> record a band very few people had even heard of, in a dive bar that very
> few people actually went to.  R.I.P.
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Dennis D <dend@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The man responsible for many of the live Television shows we have enjoyed
>> over the years has passed away. Peter Dougherty,
>> my good friend passed in his sleep on Sunday. A total shock, we are just
>> assuming it was a heart problem.
>> 
>> Peter was an old school taper. He never sold any shows and didn't
>> distribute them widely for fear they would be bootlegged. Eventually he did
>> allow the tapes to get spread to fans. Also many of the tapes got released
>> by a trusted friend of his who fell to the temptation of money.
>> He turned over his archives a few years ago to NYU so this material won't
>> be lost forever.
>> 
>> Rest in peace Peter, I miss you already!
>> 
>> 
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