Walking into Bob Shaw’s home in suburban Atlanta is like walking into a slice of Republican Party history. On one wall of his study are pictures of Shaw with the Who’s Who of the GOP: Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, James Baker, Gerald Ford, Newt Gingrich, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and the list goes on.
While he humbly acknowledges that he has known and been known by some of the nation’s most powerful people, on another wall hangs a plaque that has perhaps the most special significance to him. Robert J. Shaw is a member of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
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