Background ...

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• Guitarist 

• Singer

• Songwriter

• Music Producer

• Music Arranger

• Multi-instrumentalist

• Teacher

• Record Company Owner – Hanzie Records (www.hanzie.records@yahoo.com">www.hanzie.records@yahoo.com)

• Recording Studio Owner – Sterritt Sound in Utica, MI

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Performs with: himself,  Acoustic Madness, Bob & April, Carry On (CSNY tribute band), Ken & Bob Show, Bob & Coltrane and Stumbling Mice

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Producer: Dave Edwards, Acoustic Madness, The Belle Islanders, Luck And Trouble,

Robert Thibodeau & Stumbling Mice

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Current Projects:  Finishing up Acoustic Madness full length release

                                30-plus song 2 CD /1DVD Bob's 50th Birthday Concert

                                Memoire Confessions of an Unknown Guitar Player

                                   

                                

Born: March 1961 – Bay Shore, NY

Began playing guitar: 1971

Moved to Detroit area: 1978

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First Notable Band: Black Market – joined December 1982.  They have never broken up.

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Sounds like:  The easy timbre of Jerry Garcia with the soul and vulnerability of Rick Danko combined with the sweetness of Smokey Robinson.

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Plays like: Economic and poetic – always serving the song first.  Bob is often compared to Mike Campbell (Tom Petty) with the originality and groove of David Lindley (Jackson Browne).   A superb slide player, he is also a master of Rock, Blues, Americana, Reggae and Jazz styles. 

 

Recent Cool Moment: Performing an introspective version of “Feel Like A Number” at the Trinity Theater for an evening of Bob Seger songs.

“The enthusiastic response from the audience & my peers was so amazing that I ended up cutting the song for the new Acoustic Madness CD”

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Email: hanzie.records@yahoo.com