Bobby was born and raised in Southeast Arkansas. He started singing and playing piano at the tender age of 3 and was fronting his family’s band by age six appearing on the
local morning T.V. program twice by the age of 7. He also began piano lessons around this time. By the age of 8, he was playing drums and singing lead vocals with his child hood friends. At 11, he wanted to add a keyboard player to his band, BUT couldn’t find one, so he switched to keys and has made a name for himself on this instrument. He also picked up alto sax along the way. He was recording at age 15. At 19, he hit the road with various regional acts, opening for many National acts.
At the age of 23, he found himself working for the nationally-known band, 38 Special, as the keyboard player behind the curtain. Also a technical wiz, he was programming sequences and samples with the Atari computer and "SYNC TRACK PRO". Soon after beginning with 38 Special, he became the full time keyboard player and background vocalist.
To this day, he sings lead vocals on the “38 Special” Top Ten hit, “Second Chance”, written and originally sung by Max Carl. Along the way, he has worked with many artists and managed to record several of his own records. He also played with the “Johnny VanZant Band” on the “Brickyard Road Tour”. He has appeared on many TV programs and shared the stage with hundreds of heavyweights in the music business.
Bobby has shared the stage with, Def Leppard, Boston, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks and Dunn, Hank Jr. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foo Fighters, Heart, Wynonna Judd, Toby Keith, Nazareth, Molly Hatchet, The Beach Boys, Sister Hazel, Montgomery Gentry, Kansas, Bad Company, The Allman Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Gretchen Wilson, John Rich, Trace Adkins, Brad Arnold, Delbert McClinton, Charlie Daniels, Loverboy, Styx, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, Mothers Finest, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Foghat, Little Feat, Steppenwolf, Little River Band, The Outlaws, Blackfoot, Kentucky Headhunters, Skid Row, Twisted Sister, Sammy Hagar, Jefferson Starship, Golden Earring, Seven Mary Three, Tesla, John Mayer, Huey Lewis, Night Ranger, Eddie Money, Damn Yankees, Wet Willie, Avril Lavigne, Survivor, and more.
Bobby has written and or recorded with, Kelly Keagy of “Night Ranger”, Kevin Marks of “Faith Hill” and “Richard Marx”, “38 Special” Todd Harrell, Greg Upchurch, and Chris Hendersonof “3 Doors Down”, Ean Evans of "Lynyrd Skynyrd”, Mark Mataika of “Charlie Daniels” and “Hot Apple Pie”, Tommy Smith of “Back Street Boys” and “Otown”, Jim Peterik of “Survivor”, Gregg Morrow, first call studio drummer, Todd Lawton, of “Toby Mack”.
He has played on the following records. 38 Special- Bone against Steel- Special effects and Engineer 38 Special- Resolution- Keys and BGV’s, Protools engineer 38 Special- Live at Sturgis- Keys, BGV’s and lead Vocals on “Second Chance”. 38 Special- Wild Eyed Christmas Night- Keys and BGV’s, Protools engineer 38 Special- Drivetrain- Keys and BGV’s, Protools Engineer Big Engine- Big Engine- Keys Downtime- Catch of the Day- Writer, Lead Vocals, and Keys EvansCapps- Last Time- Writer, Lead Vocals, and Organ, Co-producer. Sonic Sunday- Sonic Sunday- Keys The Benjy Davis Project- Dust- Keys and Additional Producion Half Down Thomas- Strings and BGV’s
TV and Film Super Troopers- Keys- Protools Engineer and Scoring
Regis and Kelly
Emeril Lagasse
MTV
CMT
CMA Pre Show
GAC Fourth of July Special
CMT Crossroads
WB New York City
ESPN Cold Pizza
NASCAR National Anthem Dallas
NASCAR Pre Race 3 Times
ESPN Devilrays Base Ball Game National Anthem
Dallas Morning Show
And many more…
