When Bob Demmon arrived in Coronado in the late 1960s to take a teaching job, some of his students were a bit star-struck by their new instructor.
A former member of the surf band The Astronauts, the young musician had released several albums with the group and toured throughout the country and Japan before settling in San Diego County.
During his first days on the Coronado High School campus, he was told he shouldn’t be in the teacher’s lounge by staff members who mistook him for a student. With his rock n’ roll pompadour, jeans and cowboy boots, Mr. Demmon was the epitome of cool. He also became a dedicated, inspiring teacher who encouraged his students and developed the Coronado High School marching band into an award-winning group.
Mr. Demmon died of cardiopulmonary arrest Dec. 18 at his Coronado home. He was 71.
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