''HIP'' Recollections of Darby Hicks

About the Book

“The 90 Minute Read Of A Lifetime”

Born into the cradle days of The Great Depression, Bob Washington’s youth in the Bronx area of New York City was enriched by a heady concoction of ethnic, cultural and neighborhood confluences. After schooling, during which time he was introduced to and forever seduced by the art of Jazz, he served in the Army during World War II, followed by jobs in the social sector while constantly involved in community affairs. While his days as a budding Louis Armstrong were limited, an extended stint as a Jazz DJ mark a historical pattern of intense social consciousness and commitment to “America’s Only Original Art Form.” It has been out of this authentically sublime, uniquely American experience that Darby Hicks was inexorably spawned to explain the richness and complexity of one Senior Bronx Homeboy’s life and times that you will share with glee and passion. At once humorous, sensitive, but always penetrating, “Darby” will have you nodding, “Yes, Yes,” many times each page!

About the Author

Bob Washington was born on March 21, 1922 in New York City. After a brief stint in the Army, he got a job with the Postal Service, married, and moved to Long Island, where he raised two children and later became Director of a local Community Action Center during the War on Poverty. He and wife Helen now live in The Villages, Florida.