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INFINITE BOB

STROGER, BOB

BLUESMAN BORN 1930

BASS PLAYER

SINGER & SONGWRITER

SIDEMAN 

PRODUCER

FROM HAYTI (MO) TO WEST SIDE CHICAGO IN 1955

FIRST RECORDING: 1965 SINGLE WITH EDDIE KING

PARTNERSHIPS:EDDIE KING  OTIS RUSH  SUNNYLAND
SLIM  JIMMY ROGERS  EDDIE TAYLOR  HOMESICK JAMES
BIG WHEELER  EDDY CLEARWATER  PINETOP PERKINS
BUSTER BENTON  SNOOKY PRYOR  LOUISIANA RED 
carey bell... drummers:S.P.LEARY  TED HARVEY SAM LAY ROBERT COVINGTON   WILLIE smith   BILLY DAVENPORT   K.C. JONES

FIRST SOLO recording: 

"IN THE HOUSE" 2002

5 BMA BLUES INSTRUMENTALIST 

BASS - WINNER

CURRENTLY 94

2025 : NEW STUDIO ALBUM BACKED BY THE HEADCUTTERS

"BOB IS BACK !"

DELMARK RECORDS DE-892

RELEASE DATE : MAY 5, 2025

(USA)

Musicians:
Bob Stroger- bass, vocals
Joe Marhofer - harmonica 
Ricardo Maca - guitar 
Arthur Catuto - bass 
Leandro Cavera - drums 
+ guests
Ben Levin - piano, organ (All Tracks except Track 9)
Candice Ivory - backing vocals (Track 9)
Renée Gros - backing vocals (Track 9)

Tracklist:
01 Look Over Yonder Wall 02:50
02 Champagne And Reefer 03:34
03 Jazz Man Blues 03:53
04 Don't You Lie To Me 03:35
05 My First Love 03:06
06 Loan Me Train Fare 03:29
07 Thinking And Drinking 03:44
08 Bob Is Back In Town 04:35  
09 Love You Baby 02:57
10 Bob Is Back 03:45
11 Gold Tailed Bird 04:27
12 Let The Good Times Roll 03:54

Listen to samples - Bob Stroger & The Headcutters - Bob Is Back !
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THE HEADCUTTERS

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THE ILLUSTRIOUS BOB STROGER. THOUSANDS OF AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD BOW IN FRONT THE GREATEST LIVING LEGEND OF BLUES MUSIC. ACTIVE SINCE THE MID-1950S WHEN HE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO WITH HIS PARENTS, IMMIGRANTS FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES SEEKING A BETTER LIFE. BOB FOUND THE BLUES. SEVENTY YEARS LATER, BOB STROGER STANDS AS AN EXAMPLE FOR EVERYONE, PERHAPS THE CLEAREST EXAMPLE OF WHY SOME OF US CHOOSE TO FOLLOW THE PATH LAID DOWN BY THE EARLY BLUESMEN WHO, WITHOUT KNOWING IT, WERE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS, OVER A CENTURY AGO, OF WHAT WOULD BECOME THE MOST DEFINING AND INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL CULTURE. BOB STROGER HAS SHOWN THE WAY FOR MUSICIANS AND BLUES LOVERS ACROSS THE GLOBE: SIMPLICITY, HONESTY, CHARACTER, CAMARADERIE, PERSONALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, MODESTY, STRENGTH. BOB STROGER IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND COMMANDS RESPECT FROM ALL OF US. HIS LOYALTY AND COMMITMENT ARE AN INSPIRATION AND A CODE OF CONDUCT.
AT 94 , THIS GUY CONTINUES UNFAZED BY THE WORLD AND IS BACK WITH THE ALBUM "BOB IS BACK!", THOUGH THE TITLE IS MISLEADING. HE NEVER REALLY LEFT.

bob stroger previous solo recordings

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2002

2006

2014

2022

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BOB STROGER AS SIDEMAN : A RANDOM SELECTION

Bob Stroger - bass & vocals Kenny Smith - drums piano Willie - piano Joey Saye Guitar: Ari Seder - guitar

"key to the highway"

bilbao blues festival, july 30, 2022

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