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Bobby Black Music. 1,816 likes · 39 talking about this. Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter.
- 2013
- Early Life
- Career
- Discography
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- Television Appearances
- Radio Shows
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Black was born in Prescott, Arizona in 1934. His father Robert Black worked for Woolworth's department store. His mother, Ruth, was a homemaker and played piano. Bobby's brother Larry was born in 1936. Both brothers took piano lessons. During his childhood, Black listened to pop and big-band music on the radio. Upon hearing Harry Owens and His Roya...
1950s–1970
In 1950, Bobby and Larry Black were invited to join the Double H Boys, playing swing music for dances in San Jose and around Palo Alto. Bobby was 16, Larry 14. This was the first band with whom they played with professionally. The Double H Boys had a band and a weekly radio show in San Jose. They had accordion, trumpet, electric mandolin, but no guitar and no steel. Bobby and Larry's father introduced his sons to the band and told them the boys played steel and guitar. They were invited to si...
1970–2000
At Cowtown, Wednesday Amateur Nights offered a $50 prize. In 1971, contestants included the Lost Planet Airmen, consisting of Bill Kirchen, John Tichy, and fiddler Andy Stein. Stein played a particularly enthusiastic and drag-race winning "Orange Blossom Special". Stein urged Black to join them, to replace the departing steel player Steve Davis (The West Virginia Creeper). He gave Black a copy of their first album, Lost in the Ozone. Initially Black thought the Cody band was not a good fit. B...
2000–present
Black has worked with the California Cowboys, Robert Gordon, Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, Bill Kirchen and The Saddle Cats.
Albums
1. 1978: California Freedom 2. 1980: Honky Cat 3. 1984: Skull Orchardby The Black Brothers 4. 2001: The Steel Guitar Of Bobby Black 5. 2011: Steel Swingin'with Paul Anastasio, Black, Tony Marcus 6. 2022: Bobby Black, 70 Years Of Swinging Steel 7. Date Unknown: Steel Guitar Paradise
1972 Ann Arbor, Michigan with Commander Cody, sharing the bill with John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, and Chuck Berry.1973 Palm Springs, California with Commander Cody, Jerry Reed, & Kris Kristofferson.1973 Harlem, New York City with Commander Cody, opening for the Eagles, and Earth, Wind & Fire1974 New York City, Carnegie Hall, with Doug Sahm1976: "Hollywood Boulevard" (appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack)[citation needed]1977: "Thunder & Lightning" (soundtrack) starring David Carridine[citation needed]1980: "Roadie" (starring Art Carney, Blondie, Meat Loaf (appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack)[citation needed]Grand Ole OpryDon Kirshner's Rock Concert Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Aired Order - All Seasons - TheTVDB.com, Midnight Special with Wolfman JackBig D JamboreeLouisiana HayridePrairie Home Companion[citation needed]West Coast Live[citation needed]"Cumberland Blues" (1998)[citation needed]"Chaps" (1998)[citation needed]1992: Inducted into the California Western Swing Society Hall of Fame2004: Inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of FameBobby Black is a world renowned master of the steel guitar who has played and performed for over 50 years with groups like Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Asleep at the Wheel, The Sir Douglas Quintet, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Moonlighters and many more.
8 giu 2023 · Listen to music by Bobby Black on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Bobby Black including Real Western Steel, Chance and more.
6 ott 2021 · Compiled by Myles Boisen, a music veteran and studio professional who played a lot of shows with Bobby, Seventy Years of Swinging Steel from Little Village (#1044) is a wonderful compendium that displays Bobby's artistry in the best possible way.
Bobby Black with his Stringmaster. Photo: Richard Chon. When he got the invitation, Bobby Black wasn’t sure. The pedal-steel virtuoso, a 20-plus-year veteran of San Francisco’s music scene, had just been asked to join the long-hairs in Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
17 gen 2023 · But for a seemingly conservative style as country, steel guitarists are some of the most-sophisticated, adventurous musicians on the planet – from Buddy Emmons to Buddy Charleton to Paul Franklin and beyond. The “mystery instrument,” as Bobby Black calls it, evolved
