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John Gibbs Rockwood, the fearless but not immortal leader of legendary Toledo rockabilly outfit The Fabulous Haircuts, (among other bands) was a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
To his late beloved wife Jennifer, he was husband. To his kids, he was a doting father. To Toledo audiences, he was a bluesman of the tallest order, commanding a room and a stage with a razor-sharp musical edge that left audiences wanting more. Rockwood was also the president of a record label, a rock ‘n’ roll photographer who took stills of Elvis Presley a mere four months before The King died, an author of books, and to hundreds of Toledoans he was a friend and mentor…