A moment of silent respect is given as this Sonoma County Recording Studio looks back fondly on a public figure that is now laid to rest.
Huell Howser was a much beloved Public TV travel journalist based in Southern California, and produced hundreds of shows under the names California’s Gold, and Road Trip.
In August of 2002 he traveled to Sonoma County to do a show on the Cotati Accordion Festival.
Blair Hardman, owner of Zone Recording Studio, has been a part of the festival from the beginning, as bass player in the Sonoma Swampdogs with Jim Boggio, co-founder of the festival, and later raising funds for the Jim Boggio Accordion Scholarship Fund.
Mr Howswer was known for his delight in discovering unusual paces and people. He would often exclaim, “that’s amazing!” When Mr. Hardman began to talk about the festival, Huell exclaimed, “don’t tell me anything until the cameras are rolling, I want to hear about it the same time the folks at home do.”
Huell passed away Jan 6th at 67.