Robert Ross Band
United States, New York, Staten Island
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About Robert Ross Band
Robert Ross is an award winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, slide guitarist, and harmonica player who is known for a wide variety of blues but also classic rock, hipster jazz, and other roots music.
Robert Ross is a winner of 2 New York Music Awards (1989 & 2011) who has been nominated a total of 7 times alongside such stars as Johnny Copeland, Taj Mahal, John Hammond Jr., Roscoe Gordon, Cyndi Lauper and Mose Allison. Robert is also a NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee who has garnered rave reviews on two continents for many years. He has won the South Florida Blues Challenge (2019), SouthWest Florida Blues Challenge (2021), and the Treasure Coast Blues Challenge (2024). He made the semi-finals twice in the International Blues Challenge (2020 & 2022) and hopes to do better in 2025.
Robert is the subject of a new short film produced by Liam J. Holland entitled, "Raw Blues: The Series Featuring Robert Ross".
Robert Ross worked and recorded with Big Joe Turner for Spivey Records & for Doc Pomus. He also worked with Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Dr. John, (expired link). Hutto, Victoria Spivey, Louisiana Red, Eddie Kirkland, Floyd Jones, Homesick James, Bobby Lewis, Pinetop Perkins, Charles & Cyrille Neville, David "Honey Boy" Edwards, Linda Hopkins, Wilbert Harrison, & Champion Jack Dupree.
One of Ross' songs was recorded and released twice by Johnny Winter. Two other originals appeared on ABC TV's daytime drama "All My Children".
The Robert Ross Band has released 7 internationally distributed cds. Ross performs as a solo (acoustic or electric), as a duo, and with The Robert Ross Band.
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Bill Carlton (NY Daily News) wrote: "Robert Ross is a fine singer, a snappy lyricist, and an even better blues rock guitarist ... cut from the same cloth as (expired link). King, Muddy Waters, and Johnny Winter … dazzling guitar …Time after time Ross delivers the goods."
Bob Fass (Radio Un-nameable, WBAI-FM Pacifica Network) said: "(Robert Ross) is a blues icon. One of the great blues spirits.
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