| Contact: bob brozmanLast Update: 20/08/1998Post Comment | Informative artist site with useful links for players
 Bob is an interesting and multi-faceted guitarist, considered by many to be the top player of National resonator guitars, and all other kinds of slide guitar, bottleneck and lap style. He tours worldwide all year, playing blues, hawaiian, caribbean, Asian, and african based music. Bob also authored The History and Artistry of National book. Cool links, Guitar photos, international reviews, Tour dates, etc. Translation button on the site for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese! Bob's mainstay is the novel mixing of American and world music styles in completely new ways, as his slide guitar explores the musical frontiers between the first and third worlds. He brings an array of vintage Nationals: guitars, slide guitars, mandolin and ukulele to the stage. With these instruments Bob delivers hard-driving rhythms, searing slide, and quick-changing, brilliant technique. Throughout, Bob maintains a disarming talent for humor from the zany to the sardonic. He's been called the Groucho Marx of the blues in seven languages! He's got a repertoire of guitar acrobatics that modern audiences have rarely seen-all of Bob's "special effects" come from his hands only without electronic devices. He pounds his guitars like a full drumset, whips them up behind his head, spins them in the air, and all done between licks that leave guitarists scratching their heads! His second instrument is his voice, ranging from deep growling blues to jazz scatsinging to Hawaiian yodel to calypso to French chanson. All these elements combined result in a performance style with punch, pathos, and more variety-per-minute than any other solo guitarist. Bob's been gathering laughs and encores from audiences all over the world, leaving them wanting more and knowing more. |
