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Show ST. GEORGE www.thespectrum.com — The Spectrum NEIGHBORHOODS For the week of September 19, 2008 — 9 Local record company strives to preserve 80's rock Bob Hudson / The Spectrum Bob Teran of St. medals he earned George displays the as a member of the Army Air Force. Corps and later the US. Air Memories of war undimmed BY JAY McARTHUR For St. George Neighborhoods ST. GEORGE — “Retrospect Records is a group of professional musicians running a label for musicians. We are dedicated to preserving 80's - style hard rock and metal for the fans who have never forgotten what great music is, and the bands that poured their blood, sweat, and tears into the greatest decade of Rock ‘N Roll... We are primarily a re-issue label, but will consider active bands as well. Retrospect Records provides unmatched royalty rates, and offers distribution to dozens of countries around the world... We will accept any unsolicited material — that is as long as it rocks!” (www.retrospectrecords.com) This is the electric riff of passion, the tangible essays of piety imagined while gazing out of a tour bus dormer at sunrise, the driving mission rhapsody of Retrospect Records = a credo of wise words conjured up by Nate Ross Rokker, and his three brothers, who have chosen to settle amidst the natural, red rock amphitheater known as St. George. The journey of this band of brothers commenced across the Atlantic Ocean in Norwich, England, a city about a two-hour drive from the thriving metropolis of London. As kids growing up in a working class family, the Rokkers quenched their acute musical thirsts by listening and ‘studying their own personal guitar heroes — legendary bands like Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, and the maniacal genius of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon? “It became apparent from eSee RETRO on page 10 by years for St. George man BY BOB HUDSON bhudson@thespectrum.com ST. GEORGE — Shortly after he was taken prisoner during World War II, Bob Teran stared death in the face. “The Germans took me to interview me — to hassle me really — and said I was a fighter pilot who had been strafing civilians so I was going to be shot; Teran said. In reality, Teran said, he was a B-17 bomber pilot. The Germans had mistaken a handmade shoulder patch on his flying jacket for something identifying fighter pilots. “(American officers) told us not to tell them anything but our name, rank and serial number and to smile, Teran recalled. “I’m not sure why they told us to smile. I guess to show the Germans that we were not intimidated?” Teran’s experience as a prisoner of war began on Aug. 24, 1944. It ended when Gen. George S. Patton's forces liberated his prison camp — Luft Stalag 7A on April 29, 1945. It has been 63 years since Teran, who now lives in St. George with his wife Marva, was liberated. He still remembers what conditions were like during that year. “Oh, man, I tell you (faith) really, really helped? Teran said of surviving that experience. “I said a lot of prayers. Marva, who he met and married after he returned from the war, added, “there's a plan. The Lord must have protected him” football and ran track ‘in high school. After graduation he and good friend Carl Lawson attended Fort Lewis College in Colorado, again playing football. “We won the conference title in 1940” Teran recalled with a smile. After that year of college, Teran volunteered for the Army. “I told them I wanted to be a pilot; he said. “The recruiter said, ‘no, you have to take a test after six months.” Teran headed to Florida for basic training and for radio operator mechanic school. Before he completed that school, he took the pilot’s test and passed to become a pilot or a bombadier. In Florida he learned to fly from N.A. Otto, a man Teran grew up in Aztec, New Mexico. . He. played e See POW on page 11 Decorated models are now open! . 2445 wes & Church Street (700 South) 730 S. Cove Drive 435-586-6200 Cedar City’s only 55+ Gated Community with Exquisite new homes © _ designed -with your lifestyle in mind. www.greatwesternrealty.com |