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But how can I own this great music?
NEW ROBERT BOBBY - TODAY!
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| LINKS But how can I own this great music?
NEW ROBERT BOBBY - TODAY! AVAILABLE AT CDBABY & APPLE I-TUNES
CHECK OUT F*U*B*A*R AT APPLE I-TUNES
CHECK OUT S*N*A*F*U ON APPLE I-TUNES
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Join your local folksong society. Here are 2 I belong to:
If you live in Central PA like I do
check out The Whitaker Center for great live music.
Radio : The following stations have been extra supportive:
Whole Wheat Radio: They are an internet radio station from Alaska. They even had a Robert Bobby day.
Music You Can't Hear on the Radio: John Weingart from Princeton New Jersey. WPRB. He had F*U*B*A*R on his top 10 albums of 2001.
This is an internet station that voted
F*U*B*A*R the best Independent album of
2003. Unfortunately, they quit featuring independent artists & became
more of a
country station. But occasionally they still play Robert Bobby I hear. Claude
Camacho rocks!
There have been numerous folk dj's that have played my songs on their programs. I particularly want to thank Larry Hoyt, John Mclaughlin, John Platt, & Harlon Joye for their continued support. Thanks to all.
Check out what Jeff Coleman is doing at his Steam Powered Studio in Lancaser, PA. He sometimes has music of mine that I don't.
OTHER STUFF: I am an acoustic guitar lover. Right now we are in the golden age of acoustic guitar makers. I am not a guitar collector per se, since I don't have the money to spend on them.
My current guitars are:
A) A 1990 Santa Cruz Model H guitar with Koa back & sides. This is my main guitar I use when I play out since it has a Baggs pickup installed. It is a beautifully made small body guitar & I would be a fool to ever get rid of it.
B) My other main guitar is a Robertson SJ (small jumbo) with walnut back & sides & a cedar top. This is one of two prototypes made for this SJ guitar model. I bought it used & do not know what year it might have been made. It has a very big sound with a lot of overtones. I stumbled upon Robertson guitars during a visit to Mandolin Brothers on Staten Island-which is a great guitar store. I had never heard of Robertson guitars but they had 4 or 5 on the wall & I just tried them all & was so impressed I started looking for a used one to fit my budget. I was fortunate to find one at Cathedral Music . I loved dealing with Clem, the owner, and I would recommend Cathedral Music to anyone. One of these days I hope to take a trip up to see his store in person. I got my Robertson via UPS. I wouldn't recommend buying a guitar without playing it but in this case it worked out fine.
C) I also recently bought a 1964 Gibson J-200. This is a jumbo guitar and it sounds great. I have recently done some recording with this guitar. Someday I'll play a Robertson Jumbo & see how it compares.
D) Lastly, I bought a badly beat up 1967 Gibson J-45 for $250. I figured , if nothing else, it would be a good travel guitar. For not much more than a Martin Backpacker, I got a real guitar with real cracks & everything. It is a pretty guitar with a cherry sunburst finish. It is not a slope shoulder J-45, rather it is a regular dreadnaught shape. It is currently at the repair shop to have some of the major cracks fixed.
Guitars I had but no longer have include:
my first acoustic guitar: a 1967 Martin 000-18.
for a short while I owned a 1939 Martin D-18. This is the one that got away. I sold it when we were broke in 1987. It was a truly remarkable guitar with a beautiful aged finish.
Gibson J-200 Robertson Santa Cruz H Gibson J-45