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Bob Boulding

About Me

Bob Boulding plays lead guitar and backing vocals for the Celtic rock group The Young Dubliners.

After his early years playing the club circuit in Southern California, Bob joined the Young Dubliners in 1999, bringing his unique and versitile guitar style to an already unique band.

Since then, he has performed and co-written on 4 CDs:

Red (Higher Octave/EMI), released June 2000

Absolutely (Higher Octave/EMI), released June 2002

Real World (Nirada/EMI), released March 2005

With All Due Respect... the Irish Sessions (409/Sony) released February 2007

Bob plays and endorses Framus guitars and amplifiers, Rockbag accessories, Dean Markley strings, and Get'm Get'm straps.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/05/2005
Band Members: Bob Boulding - electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Influences: Luka Bloom, Lindsey Buckingham, Ry Cooder, Al DiMeola, The Edge, Jerry Garcia, David Gilmour, Johnny Greenwood, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Andy Summers, Pete Townsend, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bob Wier, Neil Young
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Chicago and Denmark

Just back from Denmark. what an amazing trip. It began with the two-day Gaelic Park Irish Festival in southside Chicago. This festival has been continually running for 23 years, and is one of the best...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:09:00 GMT

And now, some travelling music...

So the summer tours with the Young Dubliners are just around thecorner. Memorial Day weekend will be the big send-off with a pair ofshows at the Gealic Park Irish Festival in Chicago. Fortunately, the...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 19:51:00 GMT

Cross-country touring and winter tales.

February 25, 2009Its been non-stop action for the past two weeks on the Young Dubs tour. So far, weve played seven shows; missed one due to a blizzard; and appeared on 3 radio spots. Our first show...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:18:00 GMT

NAMM and this weeks highlights

The appearance at the NAMM show was a success! I put together a short set, a couple of medleys of Young Dubliners riffs, and demoed new Framus gear at the Framus/Warwick booth. http://farm4.static.fli...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:37:00 GMT

Appearing at NAMM this weekend

Hey now, I'm getting ready to make an appearance at the North American Music Merchants (NAMM) tradeshow in Anaheim, CA. I'll be there this Sunday, January 18th, at 1PM. I will be demonstrating Framus ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:43:00 GMT

Take Four?

I appreciate all music... depending on mood, surroundings, and dosage, I'll listen to just about anything. Sometimes, it's compelling, like some good singer/songwriter tune that will make you sing alo...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:58:00 GMT

November at home

The summer is behind us, and thus the Young Dubliners are finished with touring for another year. We occasionally have a leg or two in the fall (remember the Irish tours?) and early winter (a fun time...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:16:00 GMT

A brief catch-up!

Well hello. Long time no blog! Hope everyone's having a fantastic election season. I'm finally back home after a long and awesome bunch of tours with the Young Dubliners. We're replacing all of our ge...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:44:00 GMT

The Dubs Tour and Pedestrian

Been out with the Young Dubliners for a couple of weeks, great tour. We played a few major Northwest cities - Seattle, Portland, Boise - and some smaller ones - Spokane, Bend, Medford. Everything from...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:05:00 GMT

tour du jour (the Danish weeks)

So, Ireland went off w/out a hitch! Four shows, 110 fans, mega good times. Now, the band is in Denmark.We do pretty well here for being outsiders. Our last CD, "With All Due Respect" was released over...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:52:00 GMT