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Bio:
Bob is an Emmy winning songwriter, Kerrrville and Napa Valley festival winner with 8 commercial CDs two of which were Euro top 10 and the most recent, "Tall Texas Tales", was US Americana #28. Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings have recorded his songs. When he died, Elvis had a song of Bob's on his "to do" list. Having written over 3,000 songs with some of them on TV and in movies, Bob has toured Europe relentlessly the past 10 years doing 40-60 concerts per tour and has been a music biz professional since the late 60's during his top-40-charting pop career in LA, being the voice on the TV theme "Love American Style" and having played gigs in just about every state in the US. In addition to his 1999 "Gettysburg To Graceland" CD being Americana top 20, one of the results of that record was the opening spot on what was to be Johnny Cash's final tour. Bob grew up in Memphis and got a soul full of music not only from the icons of his youth such as Elvis and Johnny Cash but also from his mother who was a radio star in the 20's-30's during the big band erA. From an early age, his feet were firmly planted in Mississippi Delta Mud, and his songs began to feature characters whose lives reflected the life style along the rivers of the south over the past 100 years. Having spent 16 years as a journeyman writer in Nashville's music scene, he now lives in Austin fine tuning his musical voice spinning rootsy, blues-flavored tales of life in a conversational language of the heart.
BOB CHEEVERS DISCOGRAPHY
1-GETTYSBURG TO GRACELAND (Back 9 Records) A musical journey spanning the last hundred years passing thru the cradle of the Confederacy ending up at the Kings gate. This Gavin Americana top 20 CD was among the CDs from which were chosen the Grammy nominees for Best Contemporary Folk CD of 1998. $15.00
2-THE STORIES I WRITE (Haydens Ferry Records) I dont know if these stories are true, but they happened to me. Spending 30 weeks on the Gavin Americana chart, it climbed to number 14. $15.00
3-WE ARE ALL NAKED (Inbred Records) Originally conceived as a guitar/vocal record for the UK fans, this group of songs features the naked truth about life and love and was recorded in my living room with a few of my famous friends. Its the most personal and honest of my CDs to date. $15.00
4-SNAPSHOTS (Inbred Records) Features 3 songs from each of the last 4 CDs plus two unreleased tracks. $15.00
5-ONE MAN ONE MARTIN (Inbred Records) A dozen songs recorded with just my voice and my old black Martin guitar. After all...I am a singer/songwriter.
$15.00
6-TEXAS TO TENNESSEE (Back 9 Records)...February 06 release featuring mostly songs with characters in them from the great states of Texas and Tennessee along with songs whose subject matter Im familiar with. $15.00
7-Fionas World (Berkalin Records)...Feburary 07 release...Chronicles the evolution of a love affair between an English artist- muse and a Tennessee songwriter whos art forms and spirits become intertwined. $15.00
8-Tall Texas Tales (Inbred Records)...October 15, 2009 Europe release...Feburary 14, 2010 US release...a foray into Texas life as seen thru the eyes of an artist from Tennessee.
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CHEEVERSONGS ARCHIVE SERIES An 8-CD Special Edition Series (available only by special order from bobcheevers.com) compiled from master recordings over the last 20 years, each CD has songs that follow the title theme. Finding the common denominators that hold each CD together was like assembling a poetic puzzel...a musical Rubicks Cube.
MY SOUTHERN HEART ...This double CD set contains Civil War/Southern songs with characters in them whose lives were touched by The War or who knew the conflicts and joys of living in The South. $15.00
CAST OF CHARACTERS...Profiles the imaginary lives of make-beleive characters. Its often confusing where my life leaves off and the lives of my characters begin. $10.00
MAKING UP TRUE STORIES...Chaseing the tail of my muse, the lines continue to blur between the way the world looks thru my eyes and these tales I spin into yarns that often become songs. $10.00
HARVEST TIME...Feelings of hope, doubt, beleif, longing and faith fill the hearts of this group. These songs harvest some secrets ploughed under by the winds of change and the sands of time...Harvest Time. $10.00
12 SONGS YOULL NEVER HEAR ON RADIO...Songs dealing with crossdressers, barnyard romance, nut cases on rooftops with rifles, ex-wives, wild pygmies in the jungle and Tammy Faye Baker. $10.00
REGARDS TO NASHVILLE...Stuck in the middle of being too country for LA and not country enough for Nashville, these are some of my favorites from the period when all that seemed to matter. $10.00
THE REAL THING...Absolutely true love stories with honest feelings about real people....love in the early stages when the comittment was strong and hearts seem perfectly in sinque...moments in time. $10.00
WHEN THE MUSIC ENDS...If The Real Thing is the Ying, then these songs are the Yang. As opposed to representing the powerful locomotive of feelings that pull a love affair along, these are musical tributes to the caboose...the end of love affiars. $10.00
WRITERS AND ARTISTS BOB CHEEVERS HAS SHARED STAGES WITH:
MICHAEL McDONALD, DOOGIE MCLEAN, JOHNNY CASH, DELBERT McCLINTON, HAL KETCHUM, MIKE REID, GARY BURR, DASH CROFTS,
RAY WILEN HUBBARD, WILL SEXTON, LEE DUFFY, BARBARA K, RICHARD BOWDEN, RED VOLKER, BILL CARTER, JOE MANUEL,
JONELL MOSSER, JOHN COWAN, ANGELA KASET, MIKE HENDERSON, BILL MILLER, WAYNE CARSON, DAN PENN, SPOONER OLDHAM, KEITH SYKES
CASEY KELLY, BERNIE NELSON, GEORGE HAMILTON V., MAC McANALLY, RANDY SHARP, ROBERT BYRNE, MARK ADDISON, STEVE DIAMOND, RICHARD LEIGH
STEVE SESKIN, DON HENRY, MICHAEL JOHNSON, KIM RICHIE, GARY NICHOLSON, JIM PHOTOGLO, BOB REGAN, RUSSEL SMITH, BRENT BOURGEOIS
CARNES, ROGER FERRIS, RAND BISHOP, CRAIG CAROTHERS, KAMI LYLE, GILLIAN WELCH, KEVIN WELCH, JEFF HANNA, MATRACA BERG
JIM LAUDERDALE, DAVE OLNEY, KATHY LOUVIN, RORY BOURKE, KATE WALLACE, BRENT MOYER, SYLVIA HUTTON, JEFF BLACK, JOY LYNN WHITE
MALCOLM HOLCOMB, JIMMY GRIFFIN, CHARLIE PEACOCK, LARRY KNECHTAL, LARRY HENLEY , MARCUS HUMMON, JAMES HOUSE
MARSHALL CHAPMAN, RAUL MALO, ALEX HARVEY, JENNY YATES, ALAN RHODY, THE DELEVANTES, JOHN SEBASTIAN, MIKE BOTTS, LARRY TAGG
TOM KIMMEL, HUGH MOFFAT, ARNOLD MCCOLOUGH, ROSEMARY BUTLER, JOHN TOWNSEN, VICKI RANDALL, RICHARD SHINDELL, CAROLYN AIKEN
JON IMS, DAVE GIBSON, MARK BEESON,
ROSALEE SORRELS, CHRISTIAN BUSH AND ANDREW HYRA OF BILLY PILGRIM, RED LANE, GREG
TROOPER, VINCE BELL,
ROSIE FLOREZ, GREGG TROOPER, KATE CAMBELL, JEFFERY WELLS (Metropolitan Opera)
Blurbs for Tall Texas Tales:
''Bob Cheevers is one cool scarecrow gypsy poet who writes and sings the romantic beautiful truth. When he releases a record, I listen.''
Ray Wylie Hubbard
This time my friend Bob turns his eagle eye on Texas, and turns in a beautiful collection of expertly produced pieces of life down here. Well done bro. This thing kicks ass,
Kevin Welch
"Bob Cheevers is an American treasure and a true tunesmith-troubadour. His new album defines his spirit and is a wonderful addition to any Americana playlist"
Rick Star...President...Homegrown Americana Radio Consulting
Bob Cheevers came to Austin quite recently, but he's already familiar with the map of Texas. Tall Texas Tales is filled with colorful stories and vivid settings. The album is a proof
of a passion for storytelling that's usually only shown by local veterans. The album feels like a fresh new start.
Gert-Ove Fridlund - Hallandsposten Magazine
What a pleasure to hear about Texas thru the words of Bob Cheevers... brilliant, believable artist and total entertainer.
Lee Duffy...Texas Songwriters Association
Austin Songwriters Group (Executive Director), Singer/songwriter
BOB CHEEVERS
CONTACT INFO:
HOMETOWN:
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE & AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA
WEBSITES:
www.bobcheevers.com
Facebook MySpace Reverbnation
EMAIL:
bobcheevers@gmail.com
PHONE:
615-300-1213
BOOKING:
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CDs available on the web at CDBaby.com and MyTexasMusic.com
except for Texas To Tennessee which is available at CDBaby and back9records.com
and the Cheeversongs Archive Series which is available from cheeversongs@earthlink.net
Film/TV song info: songcatelog.com
Bob uses Elixir Strings and the G7th Capo Exclusively
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