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Having been exposed to the acoustic music of John Denver and Hank Williams Jr as a child, Bobby learned at the age of 12 how to manuever on the guitar, playing songs like 'Imagine' by John Lennon and 'Georgia On My Mind' by Ray Charles. As with most young kids, rock music seduced him into switching to the electric guitar by the age of 17. After honing his guitar chops in blues, jazz, soul and rock bands throughout the 1990's, Bobby's return to the acoustic was inevitable. Only now he had the knowledge, having also studied contemporary music at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles (1990-1992), to translate into a professional acoustic singer-songwriter. He switches between a roundneck Martin dreadnought and a GoldTone Weissenborn, made popular by artists like Ben Harper and John Butler. His first professional acoustic-based work including 8 originals, two of which were played on rotation on various radio stations in Europe and the United States.
Bobby's acoustic shows vary from solo openers (usually 40min sets) to two-set shows with accompaniment, either a percussionist or second vocalist. His solo sets form the basic material from his two released EP's, featuring songs like 'Busy Avenue', 'Believe', 'Fools Sailing On', and 'Looking Up From The Bottom', interspersed with melodic slide instrumentals like 'Walk Through The Valley' and the Latin-influenced 'Chelisimo'. He may add a few covers to his sets, including a heart-wrenching acoustic version of Jimi Hendrix' 'May This Be Love', a bluesy Weissenborn version of the Beatles 'I'm Only Sleeping', and a tribute to the late Chris Whitley with a version of 'Wild Country'.Bobby recently toured as bassist for blues-roots legend Corey Harris.
Bobby is consistently touring the east coast of America, playing venues and opening for acts such as :
The Hackensaw Boys, Roy Bookbinder, Taylor Carson, Shane Hines, Robert Lighthouse, Eric Lindell, Mick Fleetwood, Jason Ricci & New Blood, The Blue Dogs, Duwayne Burnside (North Mississippi Allstars), Chris Thomas King (Oh Brother Where Art Thou), Emmet Swimming, The Ordinary Way, Jubeus, Gibb Droll, The Greyboy Allstars... etc
venues::
Rockwood Music Hall (NYC)
The Lions Den (NYC)
World Cafe Live Upstairs (Philadelphia PA)
Reston Festival (Reston VA)
Taste of Arlington (Arlington VA)
Grant & The Green (San Francisco CA)
The 8X10, Sonar (Baltimore MD)
Medleys, The Canal Club (Richmond VA)
The Loft, Colonial Tavern (Fredericksburg VA)
Bushwallers, Firestones (Frederick MD)
930 Club, 18th Street Lounge (Washington DC)
Bobby also works with ::
The Magic Voyagers - blues/funk/rock group fronted by BobbyT
Junior Marvin - legendary guitarist for Bob Marley
Taylor Carson- DC-based singer songwriter currently touring east coast
Jacob Hemphill - lead vocalist/songwriter for SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army)
See-I and members of Theivery Corporation, international dance/electronica group
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