Rob is the current Australian Flatpicking Guitar Champion (Tamworth 2008)
"...undoubtedly one the country’s finest flatpickers..."
Rhythms Magazine, March 2008
Guitarist Robbie Long is a multi-instrumentalist who has covered miles of styles in his weird & wonderful career. He has been a ‘working man’s musician’ since leaving school, walking the boards with countless acts on stages and in studios over the past twenty years in Australia, New Zealand and Europe and Ireland. Although Rob has jazz/rock foundations, he has gathered tools from a spectrum of musical genres through his musical journeys, adding spice and depth to his playing.
As well as playing solo, Rob tours regularly with his bluegrass/newgrass band ‘The Lawnmowers’, and with singer-songwriter Kate Fagan. He has also worked with festival acts such as Totally Gourdgeous, Gilly Darbey, Waiting for Guinness and Glenys Rae Virus.
Rob has performed at many of Australia’s major festivals, including Woodford, The National Folk Festival, Port Fairy, Illawarra Folk Fest, and Tamworth. His band The Lawnmowers was featured on The Daily Planet on Radio National 2007. A respected Australian guitarist, he has also performed onstage with a host of legendary Aussie guitar pickers, including Rod McCormack, Phil Emmanuel, Micheal Fix, Bruce Mathiske, Nick Charles and Lloyd Spiegel.
Also check out:The Lawnmowers
Some of the people I’ve had the good fortune to play with on stage or in the studio over the last few years includes:
The Lawnmowers, Kate Fagan, Andrew Clermont, Liz Frencham, Rod McCormack, Phil Emanual, Dave Hellens, Gleny Rae, Anthony Snape, Steve Fuller, Jason Bone, Sam Martin, Micheal Fix, Pat Drummond, Smokin Joe Robinson, Parris McCloud, Waiting for Guinness, Gilly Darbey, The Davidson Brothers, Ruth Unger (the Mammals), Tania Elizebeth (The Duhks), Devilish Mary, Mal Webb, Lloyd Spiegel, Maureen O’Brien, Quentin Fraser, Penelope Swales, Nigel Lever, Gary Brown, Luke Plumb (Shooglenifty), Donal Baylor, Pete Fidler, Totally Gourdgeous, Tony Eyers, Alex Gordon (Tamaresque), David Ross McDonald (The Waifs), Andrew Scott, Mike Vidal, Ross Waldron, Reason to Breath, Bruce Mathiske, Lawrie Minson (Lee Kernaghan), Mark Atkins, Lucie Thorn, James Gillard, Su Morley, The Goat Band, Marty Moose, Dave Steel, Anthony McGloin, Nancy Kerr, Lachy Dengate, Nick Charles, Lucy Langham, Heath Cullen, Gary Steel, Andrew Winton, Kym Warner (The Greencards), Christian Marsh, The Whitetop Mountaineers, Limerick etc etc.....
