Bobby Mack

Biography

Bobby Mack is a true Texas Guitar legend. Bobby hails from Ft. Worth, Texas, and like other such North Texas guitarists as Denny Freeman, Derek O’Brien, Jimmy and Stevie Vaughan, Bobby helped define the Austin Blues genre of the late seventies and early eighties. Bobby has shared the stage with other notables such as Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, and Otis Rush and can deliver the sound of a revved up Stratocaster like nobody else. One critic likened hearing Bobby Mack to how a dog must feel when st...

Bobby Mack is a true Texas Guitar legend. Bobby hails from Ft. Worth, Texas, and like other such North Texas guitarists as Denny Freeman, Derek O’Brien, Jimmy and Stevie Vaughan, Bobby helped define the Austin Blues genre of the late seventies and early eighties. Bobby has shared the stage with other notables such as Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, and Otis Rush and can deliver the sound of a revved up Stratocaster like nobody else. One critic likened hearing Bobby Mack to how a dog must feel when sticking their head out of a moving car for the first time.

Career Overview

Vice President, Palindrome Records, Inc.

Owner/Proprietor, Train Time Music, a Texas-based company
specializing in production, publishing and artist management.

On stage since 1974 with Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Luther Allison, Willie Foster, Doyle Bramhall, Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Rogers

CD distribution in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Europe.

Touring performances in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Scandinavia and the former Soviet Union.

Recording sessions with the Neville Brothers,
Lonnie Mack and Doyle Bramhall.

Production Credits:

Highway Man” Bobby Mack 1999

“Live at J&J Blues Bar” Bobby Mack 1998

"Sugar All Night" Bobby Mack, 1996

"Honeytrap" Bobby Mack, 1993

"Red Hot and Humid" Bobby Mack, 1990

"Texas Guitars, Vol. 1--The Women"

Catherine Denise, Lin Touratsos,

Lynne Campbell, Rosie Flores, 1996

"My Life", Willie Foster, 1996

"My Place is Close to You" Tolo Marton, 1996

"Let Me Down Easy" Mark Goodwin, 1996

"I Found Joy" Willie Foster, 1995

Music Awards:

- Named a Four Star Admiral in the Texas Navy
by Gov.Mark White

- Named Musical Ambassador to the World
by the Texas Senate

- Recognized for musical contributions
to the Texas Sesquicentennial

Education:

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