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Unusual? Sure, but that’s nothing new for this over-acheever. These tracks stay right with the gut of each song, true to the original feel and groove, fitted to the songs as they were written.
15 tracks, all new material, all featuring Bob’s signature vocals.
‘I don’t know if these stories are true…but they happened to me’
Of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’, folks said this:
”Cheevers is always a dependable badass’ ~WALT WILKINS, AUSTIN
”if you are intrigued by lines such as ‘living on the tip of this spear’ and ‘a sweet bedtime story with lime on the rim’ then you are in for a very nice ride through Bob Cheevers’ latest release, Smoke & Mirrors. Don’t let this one pass you by.’ ~KEITH SYKES, MEMPHIS
Of ‘Tall Texas Tales’, folks said this:
‘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, AUSTIN
‘This time my friend Bob turns his eagle eye on Texas, and turns a beautiful collection of expertly produced pieces of life down here. Well done bro. This thing kicks ass.’ ~KEVIN WELCH, AUSTIN
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 13 years doing 30-60 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.
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.An Emmy winning songwriter, Kerrville and Napa Valley festival winner with 10 commercial CDs two of which were Euro top 10 and 2010 release “Tall Texas Tales”, was US Americana #28. His ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ double disc was UK American top 10, and his “On Earth As It Is In Austin” CD is about to be released worldwide followed by US tour dates and 25 concerts in 30 nights in the UK.
Bob Cheevers Bio
“I don’t know if these stories are true…but they happened to me.”
Approaching a half century of songwriting excellence, Bob Cheevers is at the top of his game and in high gear on his journeyman’s road as a dedicated composer/author/musician who is an Emmy winning songwriter and a Kerrville Festival winner also. His Austin pal Ray Wylie Hubbard says “Bob Cheevers is one cool scarecrow gypsy poet who writes and sings the romantic, beautiful truth. When he releases a record, I listen”.
His last three releases burst into the UK Americana top 10 and several other CDs found their way into the US Americana top 20 and 30. Bob did tours of Europe (mostly the UK) at least once a year for 10 years in a row, then took 3 years off and during that time won the 2011 Texas Music Award for Singer/Songwriter Of The Year and is nominated this year for “Singer/Songwriter Of The Year” AND “Album Of The Year”.
His last UK tour in 2012 was playing 23 packed houses in 32 nights promoting his his “Smoke And Mirrors” CD that is the one he’s nominated for “Record Of The Year”. It debuted on the EuroAmerican Chart at #14. “Smoke And Mirrors” is Bob’ 9th CD (not including the “Cheeversongs Archive Series” 9 CD set) and is a seminal double album with one disc being full band songs and the other having a more acoustic flavor.
Bob’s CDs are a walk with Bob thru the lives of characters he’s made up as well as insights into his personal history. The recordings feature on his CDs feature performances of musicians in Austin, Nashville, Idaho, Arkansas, California and England. The album he is in the process of making right now called “On Earth As It Is In Austin” is yet another leap forward for this renaissance artist who continues to write from a mystically deep well of creativity.
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 Grandmother and Aunt both of whom were musicians as well as from his Mother, who was a radio star during the big band era of the Great Depression. After college came 25 years in the pop field in L.A. followed by 16 years writing for the country market in Nashville before moving to Austin, Texas in 2009 where he found his place among peers like Ray Wylie, Kevin Welch, Walt Wilkins and others who write and perform because its what they do and a big part of who they are.
Bob plays constantly in and around Austin and thru-out Texas and the US as well as his Europe/UK tours. You can see it on his face when he plays and sings. His joy of music runs soul deep, and you can hear it in his voice as he spins his rootsy, blues-flavored tales of life in a conversational language of the heart.
Critics and Peers
Comments On Bob Cheevers Music
”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 - On Bob’s “Tall Texas Tales” CD
“This is an amazing body of work from Bob Cheevers. It was a record of the week here in London in November”.
Barry Everett Marshall…House Of Mercy Radio Show London and former czar of London’s Borderline Music venue.
London, England
Shelby Foote, famous Civil War historian, said Bob’s Southern songs “show an understanding of war as a thing of shame as well as glory”.
Bill Ellis of The Memphis Commercial Appeal said “Bob Cheevers has a Delta heart and an acerbic tounge giving his music an honesty about the South rarely touched
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