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Bob Malone

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BOB MALONE - Bio by Craig Spector
What do you call an artist whose talent consistently transcends the endless parade of pre-chewed musical fad and fashion? What do you say about a two-fisted rock & roll pianoman and singer-songwriter whose chops can blow the doors off any venue, and whose road-ready showmanship regularly leaves the audience hooting and howling for more? How do you categorize a down-home guy who came from the swamps of Jersey but whose music swings with the soul of New Orleans? An artist who writes songs that can tug your heart or split your sides with sardonic laughter…often at the same time?
Ladies and gents, Bob Malone is that man, and yes, he is that good.
Over the last decade Malone has carved out a unique niche — burning up a quarter million miles of asphalt a year touring his own national circuit, a mix of art house and coffee house, posh theatres and skeevy dive bars, pounding out his sound for devoted fans across the land…then coming home to shiny, smoggy Hollywood to burn down one modern classic CD after another. Malone is a genuine hero of the by-your-own bootstraps indie scene, and he works it like a pro: delivering the goods, night after night, from solo gigs to full-blown band with backup singers and wailing horns, and everything in between.
But no matter what size room, center stage is Bob Malone: giving it his all every time the spotlight shines, a Mardi Gras madman pounding the keys ’til they scream for mercy and belting out a bourbon-soaked growl (even though he's long since sworn off the hooch) that spins tales of heartbreak, humor, and world weary humanity with seemingly effortless glee. Malone makes being the hardest working man in show business look easy …better yet, he makes it look fun.
Bob is currently working on a new project with producer Bob DeMarco and a host of the finest musicians in Los Angeles. On this album, Malone infuses his rootsy sound with serious crossover appeal that will surely find this new music a home on film and TV soundtracks, as well as A3, Hot AC and Rock radio.
Malone’s last two albums, the live Malone Alone and the 2006 studio effort Born Too Late earned top-twenty spots on the Living Blues, Roots Music Report, and Earshot (Canada) radio charts, steady play on over 300 non-com and A3 radio stations, including Sirius and XM Satellite Radio, and high-profile play on syndicated shows such as Car Talk, Acoustic Cafe, and the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour. In the press there have been countless newspaper reviews as well as features and rave reviews in magazines such as Keyboard, Performing Songwriter, American Songwriter, and Blues Review. Bob performed in the WFUV “Under the Radar” concert series in New York City, and was featured on the Performing Songwriter Magazine Editors Choice compilation CD.
Bob Malone composes music for Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and The Rachel Ray Show, and has had his songs used in TV: Jag, Felicity, Cupid, One Life To Live, The Young & the Restless, All My Children – and film: Hollywood Palms, Jaded, P.S. I Love You, and One Eyed Horse.
In addition to being an in-demand Los Angeles studio musician and television composer, Bob Malone tours tirelessly, logging over 80 dates a year both as a headliner and as support act for The Neville Brothers, Rev. Al Green, Boz Scaggs, Manhattan Transfer, Leon Russell, Subdudes, and Vonda Shepard, to name just a few.
Current awards include Artist of the Year and Singer/Songwriter Album of the Year at the Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Awards, Songwriter of the Year at the 2007 South Bay Music Awards, and the ASCAP Plus Award.
As if that wasn’t enough, Malone also writes prose: his road stories were highlighted along with Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Keith Richards, and Harry Connick Jr. in Working Musicians, published by HarperCollins. With five critically acclaimed CDs, a busy touring schedule, and a dynamically up-to-date web presence, Malone has established an impressive international fanbase, with extensive radio airplay and solid record sales.
Born and raised in the New Jersey outback, Bob Malone currently resides in West Hollywood, where he lives with his lovely wife Karen Nash, a very nice cat named Zulu and a furry thing from hell called Bacchus.
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Member Since: 2/18/2006
Band Website: bobmalone.com
Band Members: All of the following regularly play with me live, and/or have kindly added ass-kicking parts to my CDs:Robert "Jake" Jacobs, Lynn Keller, Bob DeMarco, Karen Nash, Renee Safier, Marty Rifkin, Debra Dobkin, Mike Baird, Leland Sklar, Lee Thornburg, Nick Lane, Tom Evans, Larry Goldman, Steve Stassi, Jeff Dellasanti, Kelly Fitzgerald, Jeff Dean, Troy Dexter, Matt Stickman, Amy Engelhardt, Ritt Henn, Sidney Davis, Arun Luthra, Donny Grundler, Rich Zukor, J. Walter Hawkes...___________________________________________________ ________________________ The Stripper
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Influences: Dr. John, Randy Newman, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Jackson, Faces, Beatles, Beach Boys, Professor Longhair, Mose Allison, Dave Frishberg, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Scott Joplin, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Fats Waller, Fats Domino, Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler. Mark Twain.
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Record Label: Delta Moon/Burnside
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Germ & I

Greetings from me and my colony of influenza germs. I am sitting here waiting patiently for the cold-medicine to kick in and trying desperately to think of a witty comment that will hold your attentio...
Posted by Bob Malone on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:19:00 PST

It’s January 22 already...where has the year gone?

Damn. Twenty-one days into the new year already...feels like October is right around the corner! I am feeling more mortal than usual this month. However, there is more stirring here than just the brut...
Posted by Bob Malone on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:19:00 PST

Bob Malone in Keyboard Magazine

I can remember it just like yesterday. I'm sitting on a sprung and lumpy couch at my grandmother's house in Kezar Falls, Maine. I'm thirteen years old and just beginning that long slide into adolscent...
Posted by Bob Malone on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:18:00 PST

Reef, Roos & Blues (& Kiwis Too) - Australia/New Zealand Tour 2007

So there I was. Less than a year after my last trip there, I was once again landing at the Sydney, Australia airport. I found myself in this far-flung part of the world in 2006 to play just one blues ...
Posted by Bob Malone on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:44:00 PST

REEF, ROOS & BLUES - Part III (Heron Island)

Part III: Heron Island A fter a quick stop in Brisbane, where we had dinner with our Ozzie friend and genius/mathematician/rocket-scientist/mentally-Ill-Bob-Dylan -Fan John Lattanzio, we were o...
Posted by Bob Malone on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:54:00 PST

REEF, ROOS & BLUES - Part II (Blues on Broadbeach)

Part II: Blues on Broadbeach I guess I haven't really gotten around to mentioning this yet, but our reason for being in Australia was not play tourist in Sydney, but because I was booked to play for f...
Posted by Bob Malone on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:26:00 PST

REEF, ROOS & BLUES - Part I (Sydney)

Part I: Sydney   T hree days after we got back from Australia, I was off to yet another time zone. I had a two-show hit and run to do in Florida, another three time zones away. Not that it...
Posted by Bob Malone on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:33:00 PST

December 2006...The Bipolar Season

  W ell, 'tis once again the season. It's Christmakuh here at the Malone/Nash abode. As we prepare to trim the Christmas tree and light the menorah, fry the latkes and carve the ham, I real...
Posted by Bob Malone on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:14:00 PST

July 2006...Stranded in the Lap of Luxury

So there I was. 2:30 in the morning, Saturday night, 4th of July weekend. Sitting in my dead, broke down van, waiting for Godot's Tow-Truck by the side of the road. But not just any road. This was th...
Posted by Bob Malone on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:55:00 PST

January 2006...Worldwide Tour of California

T ime is elastic on the road. This thought came to me recently as I sat in the cellar-bound cave of a green-room at a venerable old listening room in Bethlehem, PA called Godfrey Daniels. I had p...
Posted by Bob Malone on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:07:00 PST