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About Me

"Sheffield's favourite bluesman" according to acclaimed British bluesman King Rollo. The band play "Outstanding contemporary blues" - Neil Ramsden. "So damn cool!!" - Paul Ewing. Robin has been making great progress over the past couple of years. The highlights so far include barnstorming performances at the National Blues Festival and Great British R&B Festival in front of rapt audiences. The Robin Hoare Band are recording a new album with a summer release expected. The all original album can truly be described as contemporary blues with funk, jazz and rock moulded into a distinctive mix. Robin has been performing since his mid teens and has shared stages with Sean Webster, King Rollo, Hugh Mesekela, Paul Ewing, Frank White, Peter Fairclough, Andy McErlaine and Tam White. He's been a full time musician since the mid 90s. The Robin Hoare Band has been gigging since 2002. The set is uptempo with a bit of mellow stuff for chilling out. If you can dance to it they're getting something right! The band play a mix of their own songs and a few carefully chosen covers. They try to be creative with any song they play and there's improvisation in every show. No two gigs are the same. The band are a three piece featuring Robin on guitar and vocals, Danny Fox (Eloise Short Quartet)on bass and Joe Freegard (Fury of the Headteachers) on drums with guest appearances from Dale Storr (Alan Nimmo Band, Eugene Hideaway Bridges) on keyboards and Dave Raeburn (Sean Webster, Nimmo Brothers) on drums. The Robin Hoare Band perform around the country and are actively pursuing festival and club bookings around the UK. We'd love to hear from you if you want to post comments or ask anything about the band. Special thanks to Jonathan Draper and Matt Howden for the strings on "Like a Game" and to Carl Rose for the excellent pics from the Philadelphia Blues Fest. 2007.A QUICK NOTE FOR ANYONE SENDING FRIENDS REQUESTS; RECENTLY WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE REQUESTS COMING THOROUGH. THIS MEANS THAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND OUT A THANK YOU NOTE FOR EVERY ONE. HOWEVER, WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. IF YOU DROP US A COMMENT OR A MAIL WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

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Member Since: 8/12/2006
Band Website: robinhoare.com
Band Members: Robin Hoare - Guitars and vocal, Dale Storr - Keys, Danny Fox - Bass, Joe Freegard or Dave Raeburn - Drums
Influences: Robin is best known for his inventive original songs and his trademark singing, stinging guitar work. His sound combines the edge and attack of Albert Collins and Buddy Guy with the lyricism of Wes Montgomery and Peter Green. His acoustic sound is influence by Lightnin Hopkins, Richard Thompson and Chet Atkins amongst others.The original songs range from trad blues through to contemporary funk blues, ballads and jazz influenced material. His favourite writers include Larry Garner, Richard Thompson, Tony Joe White and Bill Withers.Robin uses Guild and Squier electric guitars and Gallo and Music Man amps.He’s currently grooving to Nerina Pallot , Martin Simpson, Albert King and Ana Popovic.Robin endorses Cream Instrument Cables. Details at; http://www.thedenkeighley.co.uk/ http://www.chord.co.ukThese aren’t hot links so cut and paste into your address bar.
Sounds Like: Slices of bluesy vocal and chunks of real blues guitar floating in a spicy, funky soup.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album news and gigs...

Hello again!This a little update on whats happening on planet RHB. We’re back in the recording studio next weekend to work on the album. The intial mixes seem good pretty much though I’ll ...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST

It’s been a while.....

...but there's been plenty going on. Most recently I played a gig at the Riverside in Sheffield with Dale Storr on keys and Dave Raeburn (Sean Webster, Nimmo Brothers) on drums. We all had a gre...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:30:00 PST

One year on Myspace - what to make of it.

On Tuesday it'll be one year since I signed up for Myspace. I'd like to turn this into a bit of a pros/ cons/ suggestions type of thing; so pitch in if you have any Myspace related thoughts. It's been...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:34:00 PST

Why is it we dont hear more about women guitar players?? Part 3 - a couple of good blogs

Hello again!Thanks so much for all the contributions. I've enjoyed sharing thoughts about this topic. Please feel free to add more as this will remain a live issue for musicians. I will expand and edi...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:12:00 PST

Why is it we don't hear more about women guitar players?? Part 2

Hello again!Thanks for the comments and notes I've recieved about the last blog. I've got some new players to seek out which is always great. Naturally enough I've thought of a couple of notable omiss...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:41:00 PST

Why is it we don't hear more about women guitar players??

I've been thinking about this for a long time. It seems obvious to me that there is a massive disparity between the amount of coverage given to female musicians as against men. When I say musicians I ...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:16:00 PST

No more going down the pub for a pint AND a ciggy....

Amidst all the news about flooding and new Prime Ministers, it's easy to overlook that today brings a major change to our public buildings in the UK. The smoking ban comes into force today. The only p...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:06:00 PST

The Sheffield flood - aftermath.

Last night's rain wasn't as bad as predicted. It looks like we can breath the proverbial sigh of relief...finally. The clear up is ongoing and areas near Doncaster are still flooded although the water...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

Getting back to normal but we're keeping our fingers crossed for the weekend.

So it seems we're through the worst in Sheffield. The clean up continues and most of the roads are open again. The trains will be back to normal soon. We should spare a thought for Doncaster and Rothe...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:43:00 PST

Flood part 3 - the end is in sight.

Things are improving this morning. The lights are back on in many areas. The dam is stable although there is still a possibilty it could breach. More later.....Robin...
Posted by The Robin Hoare Band on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:07:00 PST