Bob Spring

Info

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Geschichte

Singer-Songwriter Bob Spring is a thoroughbred musician. He started playing violin at the age of 6. When he discovered his voice – there was a problem in singing and playing violin. Additionally he discovered Elvis Presley. So the step shifting and becoming a guitar player was a small one.
His first band at school in Zug was Insanity – playing their originals. At the young age of 16 he became the professional lead singer of Backwash, a Kick Ass Rock’n’Roll band that gained international recognition including a record deal with the Houston TX based label Perris Records. For 10 years they toured all over Europe and released an EP “Feel Rock” (2003) as well as a long player “Kick Ass!” (2006). In 2007 he started his solo-career and since then wrote the incredible amount of more than 600 songs – mostly produced and arranged in his home studio. “I am a painstaking songwriter, even though I often find it pretty hard to stay focused” he describes himself.
Bob released his first solo EP “West End EP” (2009) followed by the LP “Run From Death” in June 2013 – the start of dark country/junk blues developed by him. In May 2014 he released his second full length album named „Dust And Arrows“. No squiggles, no moaning, sober but still melodic. The album of former Krokus opening act sounds like summer, granted, a summer with some dark rain clouds in the sky.
Being Swiss-Italo-American, Bob defines his own style, sort of a mix-up of Alternative-Country, Americana and Singer-Songwriter kind of thing. A club tour in his country of origin brought Bob Spring to the homeland of his heart, the United States of America. Bob likes touring, especially touring the States, where in 2012 he played shows across the country including New York, Nashville and Los Angeles at well-known venues such as the Hotel Indigo (Nashville, TN) or the Whisky a go-go on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.
The USA Tour 2014 kicked off in October in New York going on through Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, Arizona and California.

He recorded a second album in 2014 with his band “THE CALLING SIRENS”; “Bob Spring & The Calling Sirens” was released in March 2015
„I always knew that it’s not going to be easy to become a professional musician, especially nowadays and being on tour for 2 months surely is a physical and a mental challenge. Still I think I get rewarded richly for all the hard work when I see so many people in so many different countries and cultures. I never would have met them without my music .”


Career Highlights to date:

2016:
- Bob Spring & The Calling Sirens toured Ireland in May playing well known venues.
- BSCS released their 2016 single called "Hold on restless heart" which is a good preview of the upcoming, second album's perception. The second Bob Spring & The Calling Sirens album is to be expected in 2017. Stay tuned!
- Bob Spring released several new singles such as "The Darkest Place", "Spit Me Out And Lick Me Up" and "Gone when you wake". Further on he released all the cover songs he recorded during the last few years, the download of the 2CD album is totally free but also available as a limited, handmade 2CD Digipack for the die-hard fans.


2015:
- Released the first LP Album with his brand new live band "The Calling Sirens". Check it out here!
- Played at the worlds famous Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland along with Paolo Nutini, The Alabama Shakes, Sam Smith, Portishead and many more.
- Recorded 3 LIVE videos with 5 cameras. One shot videos. Two of them have already been released through Social Media Channs: "Guess I'm not a friend" and "Monuments of our time"
- Wrote and recorded many more songs – release planned as the next "Bob Spring & The Calling Sirens" record.
- Released the handmade "Limited Edition 2015" and the singles "Barren Run" and "Country Gent"
- Released the side project singles of. Curly Tonic x Bob Spring


2014:
- Played 19 Shows across the United States of America... From small bars in New York City to legendary venues like "The Basement" in Nashville TN, the WDVX Blue Plate Special Radio show to the Whisky a go go in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. All shows listed here.
- Release of „Dust And Arrows“ – The „REAL“ Bob Spring Album. 15 Songs, Home recorded and 100% authentic.
- Recorded about 400 Songs.
- Release the singles „Tijuana“ and „California Sun“
- Recording the “Bob Spring & The Calling Sirens” LP

2013: Bob Spring supported the legendary Swiss Rockband KROKUS at the fully occupied Volkshaus in Zurich twice! Both shows were sold out with 2800 spectators each! Bob is already working on his next record!

2013: CD Limited Edition 2013 (unreleased songs in a handmade cardboard digipack. Numbered and signed. Includes a handwritten lyric sheet).

2012: The official Bob Spring debut album is finally recorded (by Dave Snow at Sourmash Studio), mixed and mastered (by Maor Appelbaum, Los Angeles, CA). To promote the Album in the USA, Bob Spring and his Band “Bob Spring & The Junkers”, did a small USA Tour in summer 2012. The tour started in New York with 2 shows (Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn and Arlenes Grocery in Manhattan, New York). By car they went straight ahead to Nashville, Tennessee for other 2 shows (Gabes Lounge and Indigo Hotel). After that they did the last 2 shows in Los Angeles, California (TRIP in Santa Monica and the world famous Whisky a Go-Go in West Hollywood)

2011 - 2012: Got his band “Bob Spring & The Junkers” together and played many shows, Open Air festivals as well as club shows all over Switzerland. Bob Spring also had his first headliner show at the Piedra Libre Open Air Festival at Freienstein, ZH

2011: To push the West End EP (2010), Bob went on tour again. (The first time he went to Honduras in 2009 he did an TV Interview with Canale 4 and played 5 live shows) Hitting Roatan (Bay Islands) Honduras C.A in 2011 got him even more shows and radio interviews, not only in Central America but around the globe (e.g. Intertank und Macondo in Berlin, Clearing Barrel G.I. Coffeehouse in Kaiserslautern, Germany, diverse online radio stations all over the world)

2010: Released a conception EP called West End EP. It features 5 songs and each of them has its own true story.

2007-2008: Published 2 Un-Official Solo CDs (“Junk Blues” and “Rise drain darkness mother and sleep”)…

2006: Gained a record deal in the U.S.A (Perris Records) with an international distribution deal (ZYX) with his then time Rock Band Backwash and released an EP (Feel Rock - 2003) and an LP (Kick Ass! - 2006). Played more than 300 shows (Backwash and Solo) in Europe. Headliner shows and of course support shows for Rock legends such as Krokus, The Quireboys, Blood Hound Gang, Turbonegro….

The full list of all the past and upcoming shows can be viewed on www.bobspring.com/shows