Coffee Gallery Backstage Music Promoter Wins Music Award

Local resident and Altadena Patch reader Donna Barnes-Roberts has the following tribute to Coffee Gallery Backstage promoter Bob Stane, who has been named the Music Legend Award winner at the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest:

Yes, the venerable Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest has named Bob Stane as their Legend Award winner for 2012.  Bob has made a career of keeping the music alive at various venues including the Ice House in Pasadena until his sort-of-retirement in the 70's.  He now runs the relaxed and enjoyable The Coffee Gallery Backstage on Lake Ave., in Altadena.  Through his many years of providing a place for musicians and entertainers to play, he has helped along a long list of yesterday and today's legends.  For that we are all grateful.  And he has again won the hearts of those of us who love having such a world-class venue in our own backyard.  Thank you Bob. 

Besides running the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Stane and a friend were also responsible for in Pasadena as a guerilla art installation.  The fork has since been reinstalled as a permitted piece of public art.