Bob is from Duluth Minnesota began playing guitar in college. Started playing Banjo and Bluegrass in 1999. Tales and songs his Grandfather told him as a boy have resonated in his head ever since he first heard them. He once played Fiddle and Harmonica in Northern Michigan as a  hearty Scottish Lumberjack on the Au Sable River. Bob is a retired US Navy Carrier Fighter Pilot.  Presently Bob is a senior Pilot and Flight Instructor for Continental Airlines. His son Paul a Marine Captain is serving his country in Kuwait and Iraq. Son Steen recently graduated from the Air Force Pilot Training Program.