“Some of it is in pretty bad shape,” said Michelle Moog Koussa, Moog’s daughter and president of the foundation. “A lot of it was moldy. We’ve been able to rescue some of it, but there’s a lot left.
” Corgan, lead singer of the alt-rock band Smashing Pumpkins, which recently played nine nights at The Orange Peel in Asheville, has been an admirer of Moog for many years. He announced last week in a letter to the foundation that he is asking fellow electronic music enthusiasts to help preserve the Moog archives. “Speaking personally, I believe Bob Moog to be one of the great visionaries of our time,” the letter says.
“His ideas far transcend use in just music, and to this day continue to have impact in everything from rock to rap to quantum physics.” Moog moved to Asheville in 1978, and his company, Moog Music, still exists on Riverside Drive. He was given the Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement in 1970 and a 2002 Grammy Tech Award.
After Moog’s death, his family created the foundation, whose charter seeks to continue to herald his unique contributions in the form of awareness and scholarship. The Bob Moog Foundation, also hopes to establish the Bob Moog Museum, dedicated to his life and vision in music. On the Net: www.
moogfoundation.org .
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