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Robert N. Devlin, 61, passed away on June 7, 2004 at Mass. General Hospital, as a result of a sudden illness.
Bob was born on March 10, 1943, in Boston Mass.
He was a graduate of English High School, Boston in 1961. He attended Orange County Community College in NY. He began his drumming/performing career at age 7 and did so for the next 45 years. He performed with various championship drum corps from 1950-1964.
He joined the US Army in January 1966 as a drummer in the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, NY. During this time he judged and taught Championship Drumlines.
He was a member of the Bay State Judges Association of Boston, was voted Chairman, and held that position for 7 years
and later voted VP of that Association and held that position for
In 1968, at the age of 27, he left the military to pursue his dream of owning his own Drum Shop, called "The Drummer's Image", on Newbury St. in Boston, MA. In 1975 he re-enlisted in the Army with the United States Military Academy Band. He pursued his lifetime career and passion at West Point Military Academy as Sergeant First Class in the Army and Section Leader of the USMA Band "Hellcats" for 24 years.
For more than 30 years he had the fulfilling reward of being an international teacher, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger. During that time he instructed, taught, and arranged for many internationally, world famous and award winning individuals, ensembles and groups. In 1997 he was inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is recognized nationally as a premier drummer and percussion judge.
In the military he was the recipient of the Army's Meritorious Service Medal for
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In addition to those prestigious awards, he performed and appeared on Good Morning America, Regis & Kathy Lee, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Inaugurations of Presidents Reagan and Carter, Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Disney World. His unit lead the Allied Forces out of Berlin, Germany when the wall came down and our troops went home. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #515 and the Rindge Veterans Assoc. He gave to many Christian Organizations and lived to help others, which led him to his final career path of working at Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center where he was a Teacher's Assistant. He loved caring for and teaching the students and felt he could give something of himself there. He loved the Lord, family and music.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Bob is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Rindge, NH. God bless you, Bob. Rest in peace. |
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