What became of Mike Rocklin?
Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:53pm
Anyone around here remember Mike Rocklin? Old guard Antifolker. I liked him. Good performer. Didn't live in the city. Played harmonica and guitar. He was a part of the 'Hoots in the mid 90's, and probably much earlier, too.
I'm pretty sure he was posting on the old OJ board for a while there, unless it was the DamnFine board before that. He could be a little confrontational or arch, but he had good intentions underneath it all. I also remember that his health was in a scary state, at least for a while. (I forget the specifics.)
Anyone hear from him? I hope he's OK.
He was recording onto wax cylinders for a time, and I'd love to catch up with him on that stuff.
Fri, 12/23/2011 - 6:02pm
#2
Aw, sad to hear. I recall
Aw, sad to hear. I recall many rousing performances by Mike Rocklin at Antihoots about ten years ago. I once did artwork for one of his singles.
Many of his lines still stick with me. Interesting that your info from 2008 came from a jam-band message board, I had no idea he was into that stuff, moe. and others, or that the jam-band community would have known of Mike Rocklin (By the way, i used to go see moe. at Wetlands in their earlier days, early 90s).
Tue, 12/27/2011 - 2:32am
#3
His brother was the
His brother was the percussionist for Moe. That's the connection. But his brother also has a duo with him, and Rocklin apparently played gigs as a part of various moe fests.
It also appears he recorded some 400 wax cylinders of various live performances. Where are they now?
Wed, 12/28/2011 - 6:38pm
#4
Ah, maybe his brother was the
Ah, maybe his brother was the one who played percussion with him often at Sidewalk.
Sounds like somebody needs to house/archive those wax cylinders.
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 10:34pm
#5
Mike Rocklin
Hello,
I am Mike Rocklin's son Sean... I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about my father ...please feel free to email me at loughlin35@gmail.com
thank you for caring,
Sean Loughlin
Well, I'm figuring this out a bit LATE. Or my brain get a hole in it? Did we collectively miss this?
Mike Rocklin died on July 15, 2008. It appears he died of complications from cancer. :(
http://phantasytour.com/bands/5/posts?page=1&threadID=1630798
I think his legal name was Michael J. Loughlin.
More threads on the topic:
http://phantasytour.com/bands/5/topics/1608234/posts
http://phantasytour.com/bands/5/topics/1631031/posts
http://phantasytour.com/bands/5/topics/1641405/posts