SATURDAY 13TH FEBRUARY

BLACK CLOUDS GOLD LININGS

IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH FOCUS

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $20.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $25.00 (if available)

Ebullient. Swirling. Joyous. Explosive.  A night where Western Australian music gathers in one of its most beloved venues to shine its talismanic light on depression.

Brilliant, high-energy indie wizards, Arts Martial (Big Day Out 2010, Next Big Thing winners 2009) head an eclectic line-up including Art in Algebra, alternative-folk shaman Davey Craddock and the moody, dark arts of Sam Carmody and A Town Called Panic.

More than simply a benefit concert, Black Clouds Gold Linings is a reminder of the numinous force of music. How it can heal. Uplift. Illuminate.

All proceeds will go to Youth Focus, a non-profit based organisation working with young people who are showing early signs associated with suicide, depression and self-harm.

FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY

MOTOWN, NORTHERN & MODERN SOUL

Doors Open: 8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $10.00 from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $10.00 (if available)

South West Soul have been bringing their passion for soul music to the Fly by Night Musicians Club since January 2006 and with it’s fantastic friendly atmosphere, great dance floor & sound system young & old alike are returning time after time captivated by this music phenomenon.  Come and see for yourself & experience a night of music that will capture the nostalgia of a scene that has spanned 40 years and 12000 miles.

South West Souls’ four resident DJ’s, TONY ‘TBONE’, ‘SUZIE CUE’, BARRY ‘MR MOTOWN’ and ‘DJ’ DENNY play original vinyl that will have you dancing your socks off all night with an across the board mix of Motown, Northern Soul & Modern Soul.

WHAT IS MOTOWN?  This is black American soul music - the “chart’ topping, easy listening sounds by groups such as The Temptations, Dianna Ross and the Supremes, The Four Tops, Edwin Starr etc. With its roots in Detroit City (Motor Town… hence Motown) which you know so well but… there is more to soul music than that…

WHAT IS NORTHERN SOUL?  The best dance music in the world…..?  This is a music and dance scene that emerged from the British mod scene from the sounds imported into the UK from America and played in the clubs like the Golden Torch, Wigan Casino and Blackpool Mecca in the north of England in the late 1960’s.  the scene came hand in hand with a dance movement which was usually athletic featuring spins, flips & backdrops, very synonymous with Break dancing and some ardent soulies (who are now in their 50’s) are still able to pull off a few of these moves today!

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOTOWN AND NORTHERN SOUL?  Northern Soul still has the same 4x4 beat of Motown but it can have a more stomping, raw, pounding beat which you just have to dance to on the mid-tempo. Tear your heart out voices, which can make your hair stand on end and bring tears to the eyes of grown men. These are obscure rare tunes on tiny labels by mostly unheard of artists trying to become the next “Motown” star.  They are the sounds which Motown producer Berry Gordy didn’t think would make it…!

Northern Soul is HUGE all over the world – Come and be a part of it!

SATURDAY 20TH FEBRUARY

KATIE NOONAN & THE CAPTAINS

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $30.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $35.00 (if available)

Fresh from recording their incredible new album with International Producer Nick Didia, Katie Noonan and her new band The Captains are very excited to get out on the road behind their epic first single ‘Page One’.

‘Page One’ is a rockin’ song co-written between Katie and her Captain’s guitarist Cameron Deyell and legendary Oz songsmith Don Walker  ( of Cold Chisel fame) - a song that Katie wrote as a wedding gift to fellow Captain’s keyboardist Stu Hunter and his partner.

Over the last two years Katie and ‘The Captains’ ( Cameron Deyell – guitar, Stu Hunter – keys/bass, Declan Kelly – drums) have been slowly building a vessel of exciting new songs.

This is a real return to form for Katie – back to her beloved lush, organic band sound and strong and inspiring personal stores.

Katie has written about half the album on her own and then co-written the other half with a host of Anzac luminaries including Tim Finn, Don Walker, Sia Furler, Josh Pyke, Tom Shapcott and her fellow ‘Captains’ band mates.

“ I haven’t felt this positive about my music since the george days… I feel like I have finally found the right musical partners to make my music with again. I am really inspired and excited about this new record – I can’t wait to share the songs and tour around the country.”

THE PAGE ONE EP NATIONAL TOUR WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST FERGUS BROWN

SUNDAY 21ST FEBRUARY

DOUGIE MACLEAN

Doors Open:  7.00pm

Presale Tickets: $35.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $40.00 (if available)

Scotland's Dougie Maclean returns to Australia in 2010 following a hugely successful run of shows in 2008 that took in a sold out Spiegeltent in Melbourne, headlining slot at Tasmania's Cygnet Festival and a show stopping performance at the Woodford Folk Festival

Dougie MacLean is Scotland's pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure” (SingOut USA). From his home base in Butterstone near Dunkeld in the beautiful Tay Valley in Perthshire Scotland, MacLean has built an international reputation as songwriter, composer and extraordinary performer which has led to concerts and festivals all over the world including New York's Carnegie Hall, Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall and London’s Festival Theatre.

MacLean’s songs have been covered by hosts of artists, including Paolo Nutini, Amy MacDonald, Mary Black, Frankie Miller and Grammy award winning country singer Kathy Mattea and his song Caledonia has become one of Scotland's most popular contemporary songs. His music has been used in Hollywood films (eg Last of the Mohicans), TV Drama (eg BBC's A Mug's Game) and he has been the subject of three BBC TV music-documentaries.

As well as receiving a prestigious Tartan Clef Award for his music and being received into the Scottish Music Hall of Fame, Dougie MacLean's song "Caledonia" was chosen as the theme song for the international initiative, Homecoming Scotland 2009!

His double-disc compilation The Essential Dougie MacLean brings together great tracks from over 15 award winning albums that span 25 years of magical recording.

FRIDAY 26TH FEBRUARY

MEMBERS LOUNGE

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $10.00 inc BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $10.00 (if available)

If you ever want to see these bands ‘live’... for a small ransom fee of $10.00 they will be released by their captors for one night only together in the Fly by Night Transit Lounge on Friday 26th Feb

Starring Fly by Night hostages... err um... members... the Black Board Minds & Silent Republic

Black Board Minds are a creeping vine through the membrane of time. Five young new souls on a quest to encrust with gold, the drums of the ears of all who can hear. No offence to the deaf. Disguised behind a veil of handsome young men with minds like rivers running rampant with torrents n waves of swell we came together at a point in time not known to anyone but us. And now you. The psych-rock-blues ejaculated by us, evolved from the many a years in each others company. We hate each other. But love one another in a cheese toasty kind of way. Through this the endosperm of every orifice on each of our bodies we brings to you a unique (nothing is unique) sound, made by us and brought to you. Catchy hey? Or are you irritated by this rhetoric? Let your ears do the talking.

Silent Republic primarily play indie-rock, but infuse the songs with elements of trip-hop, psychedelia and folk, resulting in a unique and fresh but accessible sound.  The music is interwoven with lyrics which are essentially urban and deal with a variety of modern themes and stories.

www.myspace.com/blackboardminds

www.myspace.com/wearesilentrepublic

THURSDAY 4TH MARCH

THE SAW DOCTORS

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $42.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: TBA (if available)

The Saw Doctors return to Australia!  After a gap of 17 years, The Saw Doctors recently topped the Irish Music Singles Chart with their punked up version of the Sugababes song "About You Now", beating off international artists such as Pink and Kings of Leon.

These West of Ireland rockers were discovered in Galway in the late 80’s and have since produced numerous number one hits in Ireland but their success has reached both sides of the Atlantic.  In America, The Saw Doctors headlined the American Fleadh concerts with Van Morrison and Sinead O’Connor in the 90’s where they had the crowd “jumping like human pogo-sticks” according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Their powerful songs range from the plight of Ireland’s unmarried mothers to the effect of strong religion on a nation’s youth; from playing Gaelic football against a neighbouring village to loving the prettiest girl in town but lacking the courage to tell her.

The Saw Doctors have toured Canada, USA, Sweden Germany, Holland, Norway, UK and now return to Australia. Fans are promised to go home glowing from their gig crammed end to end with songs about real life.

“From Country to punk to pop and rock’n’roll”, explains the band on their success, “we stole all our favourite bits”!

SATURDAY 6TH MARCH

JONATHAN BOULET

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $15.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $20.00 (if available)

Jonathan Boulet is the newest player in the Modular clubhouse, a precociously inspired 21 year old skate rat from Sydney's Northwest. Wielding a brand of ceremoniously uplifting, deeply colourful pop that sounds like something for which you’ve been inadvertently searching but never dreamed you’d find, his debut, self-titled record is a certified treasure trove skip across the indie pop spectrum, from melancholic acoustic laments to more abstract electronica-tinged instrumentals, from tribal, ritualistic chants to full blown Panavision pop.

A Community Service Announcement is the righteously smashing single from the Jonathan Boulet album, already a repeat performer at alternative and community radio. An inspired call to arms for 21st century dreamers, A Community Service Announcement's unbridled joy is matched only by the riotous natural and digital destruction in it's accompanying video, directed by New Zealand duo Special Problems.

The video for A Community Service Announcement sees a gang of misfits charging through the stunning natural landscape on New Zealand's west coast, coated in a haze of digital distortion. Across beaches, through forests and caves, the dramatic war of colour and pixellation that ensues proves the perfect accompaniment to the poetic drama in the song.

SUNDAY 7TH MARCH

THE BACHELORS

Doors Open:  6.45pm

Presale Tickets: $39.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: TBA (if available)

'The Bachelors' with seventeen hit records in the UK charts throughout the 1960's and selling millions of records around the world, became one of the top acts, both in recording and stage entertainment.

In 1964, they were probably the biggest record sellers, showing for an amazing 77 weeks in the UK charts, compared to the 'The Beatles' 50 weeks, plus reaching number one, with titles “Diane” and “I Believe”, had the distinction of being the first Irish group to make the top ten in the charts in both the UK & the U.S.A. Many hits followed throughout the world, especially in the Far East and Australia, plus having hit singles in the US billboard charts with “Diane” and “Charmaine” reaching No. 5, and many successful albums.

In 1964 they had more 'top ten hits' than 'The Beatles' (In the Guinness Book of Hit Singles).  The Bachelors' 'Greatest Hits' collection- Released- mid. 2008, debuted at No. 7 and was still in the top 10 of the UK top 40 charts for some weeks. The trio last featured in the British charts way back in the early 1970's.  I Believe – The Very Best Of The Bachelors, which contains the group's biggest hits, “Sounds Of Silence”, “Ramona” and the eponymous title track, has almost achieved gold status over the same period, selling close to 100,000 copies in it's first three weeks of release.

News of The Bachelors new - found success reached as far as Australia and in 1998 were invited to tour there once again. Such was the reception that they have returned to tour in Australia almost every year since and will start the 2010 tour in Perth in February.

FRIDAY 12TH MARCH

LULO REINHARDT

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $38.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $45.00 (if available)

LULO REINHARDT WORLD TOUR 2010

Lulo Reinhardt: From Germany “One of Europe’s finest Gypsy Guitarists from one of the most famous Gypsy families..”

"..the finest concert of acoustic guitar I have ever seen.." John Shand. The Sydney Morning Herald

Don’t miss the one and only Show of Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt direct from Europe with 6 piece band.

Grand-nephew of Jazz legend Django Reinhardt, nephew of the Gypsy violin master Shnuckenack Reinhardt and from a traditionally long line of musicians Lulo represents one of the most unique voices in Gypsy-Jazz music today.

Lulo’s Latin-Swing Project combines pure Gypsy-Swing with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango and bossa nova.

The band is Lulo Reinhardt from Germany on guitar, violinist Daniel Weltlinger from Sydney, bassist Harald Becher from Germany, Uli Kramer from Germany on drums and keyboardist Sean Mackenzie from Sydney.

SATURDAY 13TH MARCH

THE BLACK SEEDS

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $33.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $40.00 (if available)

Having just completed a standout performance at the Days Like These Festival in Sydney, New Zealand reggae-soul heavyweights The Black Seeds announce a 5-show Australian tour this March, 2010.  

Their first full Australian tour since 2008, The Black Seeds have been well and truly spreading their unique brand of reggae around the globe in recent years with numerous European festival tours, and the successful North American release of Solid Ground last year with top U.S label Easy Star Records, supported by a 12-show tour.

Described by Clash Magazine as ‘one of the best live reggae acts on the planet’, The Black Seeds bring the raw energy and good vibes wherever they go with a legendary 8-piece live show that delivers a boundary-crossing fusion of big-beat funk, dub, soul, afro-beat, mixed with vintage roots-reggae.

The March tour supports the Australian release of latest single ‘Love Is a Radiation’, off the platinum-selling Solid Ground. A new limited edition live album The Black Seeds Live: Vol 1 will also be available exclusively at the live shows or @ www.theblackseedsmerch.com.

FRIDAY 19TH MARCH

COLIN HAY BAND

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $30.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $35.00 (if available)

After touring the US in 2009 with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band, followed by extensive solo touring to launch his new album ‘American Sunshine’, Colin Hay will return to Australia in 2010 for a full band Tour in March.

Most artists who have experienced the levels of success and adulation Hay has would be content to sit back and earn a living walking to the mailbox and back. Yet Hay is restless, eager to move forward and continually hone his craft while continuing to challenge himself.

As frontman and principle songwriter for eighties hit machine Men at Work, Colin Hay is responsible for one of the most identifiable sounds in pop music: infectious, Caribbean-spiked blue-eyed soul with a pointedly quizzical lyrical outlook. Classic songs like "Down Under," "Overkill," and "Who Can It Be Now" unfold before the ears like miniature movies, with timeless twists and a bittersweet sense of humour.

The wit and warmth that defined the now-classic Men at Work albums is still intact in Colin Hay. Whether fronting an electric band, contributing to a Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band performance, or in a more low-key acoustic setting, Hay's everyman charm, familiar voice, and clever observations still resonate with an audience.

 “Sometimes you do all these things 3 tours, TV, all that – and no one thing pushes you over the top,” he concludes. “Success becomes a point where everything you work on converges. I equate it to a boxer in a match. It’s very difficult to knock someone out with one punch – it’s usually a series of combinations over fifteen rounds that wins the fight.”

www.colinhay.com | www.myspace.com/colinhay

TUESDAY 23RD MARCH

BRIAN KENNEDY

Doors Open:  7.30pm

Presale Tickets: $46.00 inc BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $TBA (if available)

Brian Kennedy, one of Ireland’s most loved and successful ambassadors of music, is returning to Australian shores for a national tour in March 2010, including highly anticipated appearances at the 2010 Port Fairy Folk Festival.

Brian’s latest concerts come on the back of his 2008 album, Interpretations, and will no doubt follow the now established local tradition with Australian audiences embracing Brian’s previous shows over two highly successful tours.

The latest Brian Kennedy album, Interpretations is his 10th album, and – unusually for such a prolific songwriter – includes versions of 13 of the most popular chart-toppers of the past 30-odd years. From ‘Gaye’ to ‘Galileo’, ‘Brown-Eyed Girl’ to ‘You Are So Beautiful’, to name a few, Brian makes these songs his own with some surprising and unique results.

Brian Kennedy was first spotted by Belfast-born, international legend, Van Morrison, and he joined Van’s renowned Blues and Soul World Tour for a period of six years, performing with some of the legends of the music industry – Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, and many others.

Brian is critically acclaimed as a singer/songwriter, radio/television presenter, and more recently as an author of considerable worth, having produced a series of short stories and two novels (with a third on the way) - not surprisingly, for a lyricist of his calibre.

Live on stage, Brian Kennedy is the ultimate performer: from the second he bursts onto stage, grabs his guitar and belts out his first note with total commitment, you feel the energy, and your gut reaction tells you this is going to be one whirlwind, rollercoaster of a night.

Make sure you witness this very special occasion.

THURSDAY 8TH APRIL

EDDI READER

Doors Open:  7.30pm

Presale Tickets: $37.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $42.00 (if available)

Eddi Reader grew up in Glasgow and Irvine, Scotland and it was in those towns that she learned to use music as a vehicle for communicating with others through busking and performing at the local folk clubs.  In the early 1980s, Eddi travelled around Europe with circus and performance artists before moving to London where she quickly became a sought after session vocalist.  She famously harmonized with Annie Lennox touring with the Eurythmics, after her time with successful punk outfit Gang of Four. It was the short-lived but warmly remembered Fairground Attraction that really brought her into the limelight and to the attention of a much wider audience.  The single ‘Perfect’ and parent album First of a Million Kisses both topped the British charts.

However, it was her subsequent albums which signalled her increasing ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them all very much her own.  Her unerring instinct for fine material, whether self penned, collaborative or a carefully chosen cover version resulted in Mirmama (1992), Eddi Reader (1994), Candyfloss & Medicine (1996), Angels & Electricity (1998), Simple Soul (2001)

SATURDAY 10TH APRIL

PAUL DEMPSEY

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $38.50 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $45.00 (if available)

Paul Dempsey is delighted to announce that he and his band will embark upon their “Burning Leaves” national tour throughout April. This will be Paul’s one and only Australian headline tour for 2010 before relocating to New York City for the remainder of the year.

2009 was a watershed year for Dempsey. With his first solo album “Everything Is True” debuting at # 5 on the ARIA chart and garnering rave reviews across the board, it confirmed him as one of this country’s finest and most original songwriters and musicians.

After playing to sold out houses across the country in both solo and full band mode last year, the forthcoming April tour will take in the largest venues of his solo career thus far, and showcase the excellence of the “Everything Is True” material (plus some Something for Kate favourites) with the backing of a genuinely great band. Joining Paul on stage will be the now familiar faces of the supernaturally talented Mr. Patrick Bourke on bass, the magical Mr. John Hedigan on guitar and keys, and introducing on drums, the truly mystifying Mr. Mike Noga.

Ahead of the tour, Paul's new single “Bats” (the striking opening song from "Everything Is True") will be released through EMI on February 26th, and it is from the first line of this song that the tour takes its name. (“Come rebuild your memory with a small mountain of burning leaves”).

Accompanied by an incredible video from We Buy Your Kids (the Sydney design geniuses responsible for Paul’s album artwork) this stunning animated clip ties together the recurring visual motifs from the splendid “Everything Is True” artwork to glorious effect.

WEDNESDAY 14TH APRIL

VIN GARBUTT

Doors Open:  7.00pm

Presale Tickets: $36.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $39.50 (if available)

Powerful, hugely moving, warm, humane, inspired, funny and gut wrenchingly honest. These are just some of the superlatives used to describe Vin's performance this year. This international, award winning, singer songwriter is completing his 40th year on the road. He is forever in demand and his shows are continually sell outs, so get your tickets early!

Vin Garbutt is reputed to have said that he is not interested in becoming a big star in the accepted sense. Nevertheless in the area of music where he performs, there is no bigger star. He prefers to be a big fish in a small pond. This attitude means that his need for privacy and a balanced home life are safeguarded and satisfied. What the world realised long before Vin did, was that the small pond had grown over the years into a considerable lake.

All this has happened without the hype from big Record Companies and without the usual publicity from the mass media. He has performed all over the globe, and in parts of countries that the biggest stars will never see.

This phenomenon has occurred solely by word of mouth, spread by people who have come across him, and felt the need to share this unique experience with their fellow countrymen.

THURSDAY 22ND APRIL

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $30.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $35.00 (if available)

Justin Townes Earle and Australia are falling for each other. After touring here for the first time in November '08, he returned in October 09 playing to pack house and sold out venues, and now he is back this April to turn us all on again to his one man, old time, troubadour show.

He will play the East Coast Bluesfest for the first time, as well as Boogie in country Victoria as well as hitting all the capital cities and a load of regional towns.  Justin Towne's Earle latest record, "Midnight At The Movies" was recently named Rhythms International Album of the Year, no small feat amongst last year's great releases. The magazine describes him as “The best thing to happen to roots music since Gillian Welch”.

Joining Justin on select dates will be another USA wordsmith and performer, Jason Isbell. Jason Isbell is formerly of Alabama soul, roots rockers Drive By Truckers. He has just released his self titled second album with his band the 400 unit. Jason is a good pal of Justin's, and the two boys together are sure to make everybody feel right at home.

True music fans, do not miss this rare double treat of southern hospitality, tunes and good times.

For more information please check out www.myspace.com/justintownesearle

FRIDAY 23RD APRIL

REGGIE WATTS

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $42.00 including BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $45.00 (if available)

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY @ 9.00AM

Hilarious, brilliant, unpredictable – comedian/musician Reggie Watts is a staple of the international performance scene.  An avowed “disinformationist”, Reggie loves to disorientate his audiences in the most entertaining way.

The music, exploiting a jaw-dropping vocal range, incorporates hip-hop, trip-hop, 80’s pop alternative, nu-metal and classical opera - no two songs are ever the same. Reggie’s improvised musical sets are created on-the-spot using only his formidable voice and a looping machine.

The comedy, consists of a stream of consciousness stand-up in various shifting personas.  Some of his improvised songs have become hugely popular on YouTube and are often requested at his shows. His unique talent has seen him win the ECNY Award (2009) and the Andy Kaufmann Award (2006) for his brand of innovative stand-up.

Brian Eno describes him as “the most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a side-splitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist?” Judge for yourself and see this quirky, super intelligent performer’s improvisations on anything from ancient history to racism to pop-culture.

SATURDAY 24TH APRIL

BOB BROZMAN

Doors Open:  8.00pm

Presale Tickets: $28.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976

Door Tickets: $33.00 (if available)

Redefining musical diversity worldwide, Bob Brozman is a remarkably prolific artist whose wit, energy, and musical technique combine powerfully to create an unforgettable live performance. A master of slide, fingerstyle, and percussive guitar, Bob's exhilarating show spans the global and musical spectrum, and keeps audiences enthralled, begging for more of his endearing, infectious energy.

Bob's familiarity with diverse world music cultures produces a novel blending of rhythmic and timbral influences, unparalleled in today's musical environment. His rhythmic dexterity resonates with elements of blues, jazz, Gypsy swing, calypso, sega, and even the most modern hip-hop and ska beats.

Since Bob’s last visit to Oz, he has covered thousands of miles on tour, stopping in his California home only long enough to host his California music seminars to students from around the world.  2009 saw long tours for Bob, in the UK, Japan, Belgium, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the US west coast.  In 2009, Bob received the Acoustic Guitar Magazine award for #1 Acoustic Slide guitarist.  He has also been collaborating on new guitar designs with National Resophonic, and recorded the soundtrack for the documentary film “Hori Smoku—Sailor Jerry.”   As always, Bob has many new projects cooking, including an Irish collaboration out in September, and a project with a 13 piece French–Gypsy big band in the works as well.