Bobby ONeal

I grew up singing along with the radio and singing for my cousins at family reunions. When I got into High School I started singing with a local garage band and they needed a rhythm guitar player...I started learning to play. That was back in 1971.In college I started writing some of my own songs. I found a couple of friends who were doing the same thing, in Gilroy, California, and we played in local pizza parlors for free pizza and beer. We played at the very first Gilroy Garlic Festival back around 1977 for free! We had a blast.As a young man my singing and songwriting had to take a backseat to raising my family. And as the years went by I took every opportunity to play and sing for anyone who would listen. I played at prisons, schools, churches, parks, weddings and funerals.My songs originate in the things that have shaped my own life...passion, pain, encouragement, deep love, drug addiction, joy, tragedy and all the other things that work together to create a life.I still work for a living. My children are grown now. And now I'm trying to get some of my songs out so people can listen to them.