Robin Meloy Goldsby is an American

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, and

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. Born in

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, she is the daughter of drummer Bob Rawsthorne, who was one of the musicians on the PBS television show "

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." She attended

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before moving to

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in 1980. She started playing in piano bars during summers on

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while working her way through Chatham College, and that eventually became her career. She is married to bass player John Goldsby. They have two children, Curtis Goldsby and Julia Goldsby. They currently live in Germany. Robin is the author of RHYTHM: A Novel, and Piano Girl: A Memoir. Her career as a musician has taken her from roadside dives to New York City's poshest venues, exclusive resorts, and on to the European castles where she now performs. Robin has three solo piano recordings to her name: Twilight, Somewhere in Time, and Songs from the Castle, and has appeared on

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and

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with

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. Meloy also had a role as Jeanie, one of the seven doomed sorority sisters in

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's 1983 cult slasher ''

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''. For the audition, in contrast with other actresses, Meloy wore a baggy T-shirt, glasses, and sweatpants to attain the role.

References

*''Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian'' by Robin Meloy Goldsby (Backbeat Books 2005, ) *''Rhythm: A Novel'' by Robin Meloy Goldsby (Bass Lion Publications/BookSurge 2008,

External links

Robin Goldsby's web page
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