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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 !





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
2002
2006
2014
2022

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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