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Its Bobby D!

Still raining, still dreaming of Key West....

About Me

Enough with the usual bio, let me make this a bit more....concise.
Grew up in Long Branch NJ, Stanley NC, and New Orleans.
the blues, never been one to let genre hem him in, most of the early '80s he was a new waver with The X-Statics, skinny tie and all, spent a good part of the mid '90s dancing on the cutting edge - forging a blend of ambient/techno and fusion called LVX Nova that married computerized grooves and his lyrical exploratory guitar work, released an album internationally on Miramar/BMG records, signed on with powerhouse Texas guitar slinger Sherman Robertson as a rhythm player, second soloist and musical director, toured regularly with Robertson throughout Europe and the U.S., leads his own bands blasting out a muscular blend of Hendrix/Clapton-influenced power trio stuff, Cajun blend, sleek jazz and earthy funk, coaxing up the spirits of his favorite artists like Chris Whitley or Jeff Buckley, wrote a thesis on ambient music and released 4 critically acclaimed albums under the moniker stargarden. Put down the electric guitar after the 90s and started playing acoustic guitar, writing songs, and doing solo gigs, never to look back....
Check out some of Bobby D's other music like LVX Nova, Slim Henderson, and Stargarden, they are at the top of the friends list below, and thanks for visiting!
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Member Since: 12/31/2006
Band Website: here!
Band Members: Bobby DeVito -- guitars, vocals, mayhem

Gary W Ek -- audio engineer and chaos master
Influences: Chris Whitley, Jeff Buckley, Steve Earle...and then in no particular order Jimi Hendrix, Herman Hesse, Freedy Johnston, David Gray, Robert Earl Keene Jr, Aphex Twin, John Cage, Radiohead, Peter Namlook/FAX Records, The Verve, Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Guy, John Prine, Robert Johnson, Robert Fripp, Steve Hillage/System 7, Andy Summers, Alex Lifeson, Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Philip K Dick, Trent Reznor, Michael Landau, Dan Whitley, Vernon Reid, Steve Howe, Wes Montgomery, Eric Johnson, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Greg Koch. God, Buddha, and Russell "RAF" Farrow.
Sounds Like: a guy with a guitar...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

FOUR NEW TRACKS ADDED!!!

Hi Everyone:   I added four new tracks today, these are all solo acoustic songs that I did in 2005.   Hope you enjoy them, I made them available for free download, pass them along to your fr...
Posted by Its Bobby D! on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:14:00 PST

new track SLIDINI rock instrumental guitar featuring LES TALENT

I put up a track featuring an intro bass solo by my late friend, Les Talent, master of all things bass from Tampa. He left us this year, but still lives on through all the music he helped make over th...
Posted by Its Bobby D! on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:19:00 PST

Michael McCloud was ROBBED!!!

Michael McCloud was ROBBED!!!   I just heard the news that local singer/songwriter/philosopher/easiest working man in Key West got denied his case against Toby Keith for the hit song "I Love This...
Posted by Its Bobby D! on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:34:00 PST

10 Tampa Bay Bands that Changed my LIFE

This is a short essay that I wrote up for the Weekly Planet/Creative Loafing Tampa, but I guess they were underwhelmed by it... or didn't care to revisit the goode olde days of Tampa music -- so here ...
Posted by Its Bobby D! on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:07:00 PST