Robin Meloy Goldsby
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Robin Meloy Goldsby is an American pianist, composer, and memoirist. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of drummer Bob Rawsthorne, who was one of the musicians on the PBS television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." She attended Chatham College before moving to New York City in 1980. She started playing in piano bars during summers on Nantucket Island while working her way through Chatham College, and that eventually became her career. She primarily played in hotel bars and lobbies in New York City (for nearly 30 years) while picking up occasional acting jobs. She is married to bass player John Goldsby. They have two children, Curtis Goldsby and Julia Goldsby. They currently live in Germany.
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- Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian by Robin Meloy Goldsby (Backbeat Books 2005, ISBN 0-87930-882-6)
