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Asa Brebner

Asa Brebner (21 November 1953 - 10 March 2019) American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Asa Brebner, a lion of the Boston music scene who found particular fame in the ’80s as the guitarist for Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, has died. He was 65. Brebner was a force across multiple eras and genres of the city’s musical culture, from punk to pop to roots music, lending his considerable talents and idiosyncratic perspective to such bands as the Modern Lovers, Mickey Clean & the Mezz, the Grey Boys, Asa Brebner’s Idle Hands, the Family Jewels, and the Naked I’s. As a solo artist, he released six solo CDs. A prolific creator well beyond music, he was also noted as a visual artist and author.