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Old 06-02-2008, 11:16 AM
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Just received an email with the sad news that Barry Lederer was found dead in his New York apartment over the weekend. I met him a few years ago when he came to see me play in NY and we've kept in touch since. Here are a couple of links for those who don't know about his contribution to Disco culture:

http://www.djsportal.com/en/pioneer/index.php?id=barry
http://www.discomusic.com/people-more/2740_0_11_0_C/
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Old 06-02-2008, 11:28 AM
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Bad news. Instrumental figure in early disco. Lovely man who'd kept up with things right up to now. Sad loss. RIP.

I think Brian Chin, who posts on here occasionally, was an acquaintance I'm sure he can add some words.
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Old 06-02-2008, 01:24 PM
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r.i.p.

Thanks for the links/. Great read!
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Just want to say RIP as someone who has enjoyed reading the wealth of online writings on early disco including Barry Lederer's input. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!.
I think it was Lederer who provided the Tom Moulton Sandpiper tapes over on VJS as well. Huge kudos for that.
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Old 06-03-2008, 12:27 AM
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Hadn't bumped into him in quite some time; saw Barry regularly in Footlight Records, where he had some connection with the owners for a number of years. Gracious man, obviously knew his stuff and made his technical understanding of sound and creative understanding of music really valuable to many people during his life.
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Old 07-20-2008, 07:05 PM
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Oh no! I just stumbled across this sad news! Rest in peace, Barry!

Met him once in NYC while visiting Morgan Geist at Club Love. Really nice and interesting guy.
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Old 07-20-2008, 09:42 PM
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Interviewed him for Faith a year or two ago, lovely guy. Had some great tales about the Saint and people from that time.

Sad news.
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Old 07-21-2008, 03:03 PM
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Interviewed him for Faith a year or two ago, lovely guy. Had some great tales about the Saint and people from that time.

Sad news.
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