A bit about Bob
Bob Dawson was born in England in
1952.
His love of the guitar began when
a cousin travelling from New Zealand
gave him his. His principal intest has been in folk
music, but his interests
are much wider ranging than that, long term favourites
include the
Incredible String Band and Robin
Williamson as well as the ubiquitous
Joni Mitchel, Bob Dylan and
Leonard Cohen. Current favourites include
Fionn Regan and very current
favourites are a CD of Chinese Folk
Songs, Killers, and Snow Patrol.
He has had an interesting creative
career as a Countryside Ranger and
now manages a small woodland of
his own in Lincolnshire. Other creative
interests have changed over time,
but move principally between painting
and music. Illustration of one of
his paintings is on this website and
another painting of his was used
for the cover of the CD - "This song will
sing of my love for you".
In the 1980s & 1990's Bob
gigged extensively with the folk band "Prism",
a trio of Bob, Carol Murthwaite and Dez Allenby. The band
released
two albums. He rarely gigs now!
Bob can play the clasarch (folk
harp), but his principal interest is in the
guitar. His friend Dez Allenby has
had a long and varied musical career
with a history including being a
member of cult band "Forest". ("Forest
have an
album in The Guardian" recent
list of "1000 Albums to Hear before you
Die". The friendship led to
the recording of the current album "This song
will sing of my love for
you". Bob can be contacted through this website,
and copies of the album are
available from him.
enquiries@bob-dawson.com
How to be a Bob Geek! Useful
Information:-
1. Bob plays a Norman guitar
serial number 5093164.
2. All of the songs on the first
album are played in conventional guitar
tuning, except `Mystic Song' where the string usually
tuned as `A' is
dropped down in tone to `D'.
3. Geeks know Ecclesiasticus is in
the Apocrypha and is a different book to
Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament, and that the reference
to Ecclesiasticus
is made in `Picasso's Demoiselle'.
4. Real geeks can quote at least
the first half of Ecclesiasticus 9 verse 10.
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