Singer-songwriter Robert Frith has earned a great deal of critical acclaim regarding his outstanding original music and electrifying stage shows including The Texas Music Awards 2008 AND 2007 Singer/Songwriter of the Year, as well as nominations for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Song of the Year. Winning the prestigious Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival's Singer/Songwriter Competition, finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival's "New Folk" event, out of over 20,000 people, Robert was selected as a Regional Finalist for USA Network's "Nashville Star" 2007 show. Utilizing a style best described as a mix of equal parts Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Al Green, Robert and his full band have long been regarded as the most popular music act in Southeast Texas because of their consistently strong drawing power and wide market appeal. They have headlined several major music events on the Texas Gulf Coast, including the annual Janis Joplin Memorial concerts and the Gulf Coast Jam in Roberts hometown of Port Arthur, Texas.
Port Arthur, the heart of Texas Cajun country, is an ethnically and culturally diverse city that can lay claim to several strong musical traditions, including equal parts Cajun, zydeco, traditional country, southern rock, soul, gospel and bluegrass. Native son Frith mixes these influences in a country/folk-rock mold and produces a distinct Americana sound that adds a vibrant new element to what is currently called Texas Music. The diversity of his original music has earned him airplay on radio stations with four different formats-Country, Pop, Rock, and Classic Rock. His CDs have sold strongly in the Southeast Texas and Houston markets, and are currently being heard on jukeboxes and radios in several states throughout the U.S. and now all over Europe. Robert toured the Netheralnds in late 2006.
Robert has shared the stage with hometown favorites Clay Walker and Tracy Byrd in several acoustic shows in the past, and recently has performed with artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, the Doobie Brothers, Ian Moore, Storyville, Blessid Union of Souls, Percy Sledge, Kacy Crowley, Wayne Toups and Tab Benoit. His regional fan base is both large in number and almost cult-like in terms of their constantly enthusiastic support of his music. Recent live radio performances in Houston and at established musicIn addition to building an incredibly strong fan base through constant performing in the Texas Gulf Coast, Robert has released three full-length albums whose strong sales have shown that his fans will buy his music and are hungry for more. His first album, "That Long Black Ribbon," featured a regional hit single, "No Need," a guitar-oriented song that received substantial radio airplay. Subsequent singles from the album, including the heartfelt Van Morrison-like "I Want to Feel" and the soulful "Would You Rather," saw strong airplay in the area as well. Robert's second effort, "Pon*tune," boasted even more outstanding original material, ranging from the hard-driving "Ted Told Fred" and "Filth," the tender ballads "Forever Now" and "When April Sees Me" and the Beatlesque "No No No," down to the storytelling character sketch of "Saving Grace" and the starkly arranged James Taylor-like acoustic number, "That Don't Sit With Me."In 2003 he released his most ambitious effort to date, Boogaloo, which MyTexasMusic calls an island of well-penned tracks, and Amazon.com praises as [a]n amazing 18-track effort that proves that creativity is not dead. Perhaps MyTexasMusic sums up Robert best when it says, Frith ranks with the likes of Dana Cooper as one of the best song deliverers in the business.
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