Theo Obrastoff is an American preacher, songwriter and recording artist.
Obrastoff's musical ground breaking took place shortly after the death of his son Andrew from Cystic Fibrosis. One of Andrew's final wishes was to meet his musical hero, Terry Scott Taylor, of the bands Daniel Amos, Lost Dogs and Swirling Eddies. Taylor granted young Andrew's wish by meeting with him in the hospital. Taylor later agreed to work with Obrastoff on a CD tribute to Andrew entitled Come as a Child or Not at All, which benefits Cystic Fibrosis Research. The album was also preceded by an EP, Suffer the Children. Both CDs included rare and unreleased tracks by all of Taylor's bands, Randy Stonehill, Jeff Elbel, Riki Michele, Derri Daugherty, Michael Roe, Aaron Sprinkle and others. Around that same time, Obrastoff authored the book The Father Loves The Son which dealt with the death of his son and losing a loved one to Cystic Fibrosis.
Taylor remembers "...I got a call one day from a person, the secretary of a church in Seattle, I believe it was, saying, 'There is a Theo Obrastoff who is trying to get a hold of you. He had me call because he doesn’t want to bother you. I got your number from so-and-so. His son Andy is in a children’s hospital in Seattle and he is dying of cystic fibrosis. He’s had a couple of lung transplants through his short life, and he’s been in the hospital many times, but this is it and he wants to see you before he dies.’ I was flabbergasted by that, so arrangements were made and I flew up and I saw him, and sang some songs for him. After Andy passed away, his father Theo called me and said, 'What if we did some sort of project to get the word out about cystic fibrosis?' I thought it was a great idea. Some money was raised to put together a project, 18 songs on it, release date is probably at Cornerstone this year... The Lost Dogs are on there, of course, and Rikki Michelle from Adam Again, among others." Obrastoff also founded Andy’s Angels’ Records, an independent record label created to release Obrastoff's own music and other projects. In 2001, Obrastoff created Snow Globe Studios in Edmonds, Washington.
Discography * Come As A Child Or Not At All, 2003 Compilation memorial produced with Terry Scott Taylor * Like an Orange to a Child (CAACONAA II) * Americana * EP 3-6 AM * The Final Christmas Show CD * Advent * Retro-Fit
I am very touched that people have been getting the word out on our efforts and sharing thru the years. I would just set one record straight: Andrew had "one" transplant operation only--but it was huge. Both lungs and heart (Double-lung/Heart, which probably led to the misunderstanding of multiple operations).
Project albums and a new book are available still thru www.the-mass.org and the store at www.danielamos.com
Bless you all, Theo
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2. 13-04-2008 07:59
Hey Theo, i hope this web site is still active so you get this message. i have been thinking about you lately so i googled your name and found this site(alone with a bouch of others as well). just wanted to say hello. Sarah and I are still in delaware and everything is going great. Ian is almost 6 and is doing well. we found out recently that is has high functioning autism, but we are getting him help and he is doing great. well i'd love to hear about how you and the family are doing and what kind of exciting thing you have been up too. Drop us a line sometime to let us know how your doing. email is jhayes121@comcast.net Cell 302-465-6713 home 302-677-1270. god bless you and i hope to hear from you soon.
