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Bob Boykin

16 At James Brown's club in Augusta GA.

About Me

**Guitar World Says...."AIN'T TOO PROUD TO SHRED, Boykin is a ferocious soloist who segues from bop-style jazz phrases to wailing rock licks with the greatest of ease.
**Jazz Times Says...."An established composer of television and film scores, guitarist Bob Boykin clearly has a need to rock".
**Vintage Guitar Says..."From 70s-style funk, to blues, to killer ballad work, and pretty much any style you can think of, Boykin's playing shines"
At the age of 16, Bob's career began as a musician performing in the clubs of his home town Savannah, Georgia. By the age of 20 he moved to Nashville, where he worked as a studio guitarist. While continuing to do session work and occasional touring with many of the top Country, Rock, Blues and R&B Artist's and Broadway show's like "Chorus Line" and "Annie". He still managed to play with his own group in the local Nashville club scene. Bob later moved to Los Angeles, where his versatility soon landed him in the studio playing on sessions for Marvel Comic's Saturday morning television cartoons and also national commercial's like "Ford", "Chevy", "Toyota", "Levi's", "Budweiser", "Miller Beer", "GTE" and many others. During that time he began composing songs and main titles for Columbia Pictures, Sony, Glen Larson at 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and MGM. His original songs and scores have been heard on hit shows such as "Sex And The City", "West Wing", "X-Files", "Chris Isaac Show", "Married People", "Fame", "McGyver", "Route 66", "Married With Children", "Sea Hunt", "L. A. Firefighters" and "Moon Over Miami" and feature films like "Toy Story", "Chicken Run", "Red Surf", "Keys To Tulsa", "Sister Sister", "Flypaper", AFI Women In Films, the "Car Kid", "Down The Barrel" and "Take The Lead" starring Antonio Banderas to name a few. ABC then hired Bob to be the weekly Composer and Producer of all the music heard on the prime-time weekly series "Married People" including composing the source, main & end titles, produced by Columbia Pictures/ Sony Television. With all different musical styles available for use in Films and TV shows, many of the top studios call for songs from his catalog of original works. Bob's success in Hollywood has afforded him the distinction of being one of the most in demand guitarist, composers and producers on the scene today. With a myriad of musical influences to draw from. Bob's music is as unique as it is exciting, and after one listen that will be obvious.......(press release by Angel Ramero).
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Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Website: bobboykin.com
Band Members: Featured on this Cd are: Ernie Watts, Brian Bromberg, Joel Taylor, Dave Carpenter, Jimmy Z, Mitchell Forman, Dann Huff, Abe Laboriel, Jimmy Earl, Greg Matheson, Pat Coil, Neil Stubenhaus, Paul Liem, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Bill Rechenbach, Jay Dee Maness
Influences: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bird, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Bill Evans, George Benson, Lenny Breau, Chet Atkins, Johnny Smith, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Johnny Winter, Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Steve Ray Vaughn, BB King, Eric Clapton, The Crusaders and so many more.
Sounds Like: Just Like Bob
Record Label: CrossRoads Int'l
Type of Label: Indie

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Happy Holidays, Free Download of Joy 2 The World Here.

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Posted by Bob Boykin on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:13:00 PST