Bob McCarthy

Instrument: Guitar and Mandolin

Bob uses the Pure Western Mini, the Mandolin Twin and the Pure XLR
PreAmp

With dazzling virtuosity and resourceful and innovative stylings on
guitar and mandolin, Bob performs an eclectic blend of original and
traditional music drawing on many styles, including gospel, bluegrass, jazz,
Celtic, blues and traditional folk. Born north of Boston, he began his
musical career in New York and Boston/Cambridge area coffeehouses and
college concerts in the late 1960s. In addition to his solo career, he has
shared the stage with Bonnie Raitt, John Compton, Larry Coryell, Chris
Castle, Mary Travers, the Everly Brothers, Pentangle, Neil Young, John
Prine, Taj Mahal, Dion, Tim Hardin, Buddy Miles, Tommy Makem, Leo Kottke,
Chris Rhodes, Livingston Taylor, Steve Goodman, Jay Leno, Jerry Jeff Walker,
Bill Staines, Paul Geremia, Delfeayo Marsalis, and many others. His current
CD release on the Wandra label, "Satisfied Mind", contains some of the
traditional songs that influenced him from the beginning of his career as
well as original cuts and features McCarthy on acoustic guitar, legendary
blues harp player, James Montgomery, guitarist Lincoln Meyers of The New
England Bluegrass Band, and Todd McKinney on bass. His previous CD, all
instrumental "Star of the Sea", includes the electric version of
"Transfiguration" with the slide guitar of the late Rod Price, founding
member of the rock group, Foghat. Both releases are available for purchase
either through the Store tab on www.bobmccarthy.net or through
http://cdbaby.com/cd/bobmccarthy .
Quoting from the entertainment daily newspaper, Variety, of his performance at Gerde's Folk City in New York,
" His work on six-string acoustic guitar stands out. ...McCarthy does one tune in ragtime style and as with the jazz material, seems unhampered by
delivering solo stylings usually associated with combos."



http://www.bobmccarthy.net
http://www.myspace.com/bobmccarthymusic

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