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Bob German

bob german imageRobert German (Drumosaurus Bob): Drums and percussion

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NOW: Playing drums for High Country Drifters and Hindsight

 

 

 




Bob's Bio

bob german imageI was born March 25, 1952 in Bridgeport, Connecticut during a raging blizzard. Although this difficult entrance into the world might be the cause of some of the crazy things I do, I suspect the real culprit is the mercury in my brain caused by many years of regularly consuming tuna salad sandwiches. Musically, I was (like Duck) a victim of the first Beatles performance on the Ed Sullivan show. Ringo shook his head, the girls screamed, and I started drum lessons. I played with several bands throughout the sixties including  The Angry Sun, a progressive rock outfit that was the first band in southern Connecticut to cover Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin tunes. In 1970, I went off to the University of Miami to study Electrical Engineering and left the drums behind. However, I also studied music theory and analog synthesis at Miami, and developed a taste for electronic music. I moved to Boulder in 1974 to complete my education at the University of Colorado and never left. Since the late eighties, I have been composing and recording electronic music, and playing percussion on an electronic drum kit. I also  collaborate with Freddie Tane (guitar player for The Angry Sun) on a variety of musical projects. Several years ago I dusted off my acoustic drum kit and once again began performing live with “Acoustic Riffraff”, “The Weekerlys,” and the backup band for the  Wildflower School of Voice. Then I heard that Boomersaurus was in need of a drummer, so I dropped by one Saturday to check them out. We played four hours straight and have been playing together ever since.

Hobbies: Any project that gives me an excuse to borrow Dave’s power tools.

Musical Influences

Classic Rock: Brian Wilson, The Beatles, The Byrds, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Jethro Tull, Cream, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Spirit, CSNY, Led Zeppelin, Rush and Joe Satriani.
Fusion: Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola and Steely Dan.
Electronic: Tangerine Dream, Manheim Steamroller and Davol.

Favorite Radio Station:
The MP3/CD player in my Jeep.

First Car: 1971 Camaro with a 350 and a Hurst four speed.

Gear Stuff

First Instrument: An early sixties white-pearl Slingerland drum set with one 20” Avedis Zildjian cymbal.

Present Gear: A chained-together late sixties black-pearl three-piece Slingerland drum kit with a steel chrome snare, six early-sixties Avedis Zildjian cymbals and Tama hardware. Any drummer that doesn’t have to chain his/her drums together just isn’t trying hard enough.

Other Stuff

Favorite Movies: Early James Bond, American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 (I missed the first 12 Apollo flicks) and That Thing You Do.

Favorite Songs: Heroes and Villains, Please Please Me, Renaissance Fair, Just Like Me, Good Times Bad Times and Surfing with the Alien, to name a few.


 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 09:13
   



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Although this difficult entrance into the world might be the cause of some of the crazy things I do, I suspect the real culprit is the mercury in my brain caused by many years of regularly consuming tuna salad sandwiches.

Bob


B.L.G. Factoids

Boomer's Last Gig was played at High Country Harley Davidson in Frederick, Colorado