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The Bobs
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Date Born/Group Began:
1981
(will1410)
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Date Died/Group Ended:
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Also Known As:
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| Facts: |
| BOB stands for Best Of Breed (will1410) |
| The Bobs began when Gunnar Madsen and Matthew Stull lost their jobs delivering singing telegrams (will1410) |
| Gunnar "Bob" Madsen left the group in 1990 and was replaced by Joe "Bob" Finetti (will1410) |
| Janie "Bob" Scott left the group in 1996 and was replaced by Laurie "Bob" Rivera (will1410) |
| Laurie "Bob" Rivera left the group in 1998 and was replaced by Amy "Bob" Engelhardt (will1410) |
| Joe "Bob" Finetti left the group in 2004 and was replaced by Dan "Bob" Schumacher (will1410) |
| None of The Bobs are named Bob or Robert (will1410) |
| The Bobs were fired from their job as "Musical Comentators" on NPR's Morning Edition after performing the song "Killer Bees" (will1410) |
| The Beekeepers of America found the song "Killer Bees" offensive and damaging to the Beekeeping industry (will1410) |
| The Bobs recorded the soundtrack for the TV documentary ANDY KAUFMAN: I'M FROM HOLLYWOOD (will1410) |
| The Bob's Fanfare from ANDY KAUFMAN: I'M FROM HOLLYWOOD was used at the beginning of the movie MAN ON THE MOON (will1410) |
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| Played on 185 shows: |
 | 12-09-23, #AOTA-231209 |  | 11-20-10, #10-47 |
| 12-24-22, #AOTA-221224 | | 03-27-10, #ROTP_292 |
| 12-16-22, #ISGD-22-03 | | 03-05-10, #MMDT20_10-10 |
| 12-04-21, #AOTA-211204 | | 02-28-10, #MMCZ-10-09 |
| 12-03-21, #WOTR_254 | | 02-28-10, #10-09 |
| 10-01-21, #WOTR_245 | | 12-21-09, #BR-09-98 |
| 12-11-20, #WOTR_203 | | 12-13-09, #09-50 |
| 12-25-19, #AOTA-191225 | | 12-06-09, #MMS-132 |
| 12-20-19, #WOTR_161 | | 11-29-09, #09-48 |
| 04-27-19, #AOTA-190427 | | 07-19-09, #MMCZ-09-27 |
| 01-05-19, #MMS-230 | | 07-13-09, #MM-218 |
| 01-04-19, #WOTR_119 | | 06-07-09, #MMCZ-09-20 |
| 12-08-18, #AOTA-181208 | | 01-04-09, #09-01 |
| 12-07-18, #WOTR_115 | | 12-26-08, #MMDT20_08-51 |
| 12-05-18, #MMS-228 | | 12-24-08, #MMS-121 |
| 03-03-18, #AOTA-180303 | | 12-21-08, #08-51 |
| 12-16-17, #AOTA-171216 | | 12-17-08, #MMS-119 |
| 12-15-17, #WOTR_64 | | 12-06-08, #BR-08-53 |
| 12-10-17, #MMS-220 | | 12-06-08, #BR-08-53 |
| 07-31-17, #MMS-214 | | 07-20-08, #08-29 |
| 05-27-17, #KMCC-11-18 | | 05-17-08, #MMCZ_0040 |
| 04-19-17, #ISGD-17-16 | | 04-27-08, #08-17 |
| 02-28-17, #MMS-213 | | 04-05-08, #MMCZ_08-14 |
| 12-24-16, #KMCC-11-08 | | 02-09-08, #MMCZ_08-06 |
| 12-24-16, #AOTA-161224 | | 02-02-08, #MMCZ_08-05 |
| 12-24-16, #16-52 | | 01-19-08, #MMCZ_08-03 |
| 12-21-16, #ISGD-16-52 | | 01-12-08, #MMCZ_08-02 |
| 12-17-16, #KMCC-T12-08 | | 01-05-08, #MMCZ_08-01 |
| 12-12-16, #MMS-207 | | 12-30-07, #MMS-105 |
| 12-10-16, #KMCC-11-07 | | 12-23-07, #07-51 |
| 12-04-16, #MMS-206 | | 12-02-07, #07-48 |
| 07-28-16, #ISGD-16-32 | | 11-11-07, #07-45 |
| 06-30-16, #ISGD-16-28 | | 09-01-07, #ROTP_158 |
| 05-14-16, #ISGD-16-21 | | 05-27-07, #07-21 |
| 04-16-16, #ISGD-16-17 | | 03-18-07, #MMS-70 |
| 04-09-16, #ISGD-16-16 | | 03-13-07, #MMS-69 |
| 04-09-16, #16-15 | | 02-18-07, #MMS-66 |
| 02-20-16, #ISGD-16-09 | | 01-28-07, #ROTP_127 |
| 02-06-16, #ISGD-16-07 | | 12-10-06, #MMS-57 |
| 01-23-16, #AOTA-160123 | | 11-19-06, #MMS-54 |
| 01-16-16, #16-03 | | 07-02-06, #MMS-34 |
| 12-11-15, #MMDT20_15-50 | | 05-21-06, #FFM-40 |
| 12-06-15, #BWR-15-12-06 | | 01-08-06, #06-02 |
| 12-05-15, #ISGD-15-55 | | 12-25-05, #05-52 |
| 12-05-15, #15-49 | | 12-18-05, #05-51 |
| 07-18-15, #15-29 | | 10-05-05, #KMCC_2-11 |
| 05-03-15, #BWR-15-05-03 | | 06-26-05, #05-26 |
| 12-22-14, #MMS-192 | | 05-01-05, #XM-101 |
| 12-16-14, #BWR-14-12-16 | | 04-03-05, #05-14 |
| 12-13-14, #14-50 | | 01-30-05, #XM-88 |
| 12-03-14, #MMS-190 | | 01-09-05, #05-02 |
| 11-01-14, #14-44 | | 12-19-04, #04-51 |
| 09-20-14, #14-38 | | 12-12-04, #04-50 |
| 06-28-14, #ISGD-14-35 | | 12-15-03, #XM-30 |
| 12-09-13, #MMS-181 | | 08-03-03, #03-31 |
| 12-03-13, #BWR-13-12-03 | | 02-02-03, #03-05 |
| 11-30-13, #AOTA-131130 | | 12-15-02, #02-50 |
| 11-29-13, #ISGD-13-51 | | 05-26-02, #02-21 |
| 11-23-13, #13-47 | | 12-23-01, #01-51 |
| 09-21-13, #13-38 | | 01-14-01, #01-02 |
| 07-28-13, #MMS-165 | | 12-05-99, #99-49 |
| 07-24-13, #ISGD-13-30 | | 06-27-99, #99-26 |
| 07-20-13, #MMS-164 | | 09-27-98, #98-39 |
| 05-18-13, #13-20 | | 08-09-98, #98-32 |
| 04-13-13, #13-15 | | 02-15-98, #98-07 |
| 03-02-13, #12-09 | | 12-07-97, #97-49 |
| 01-12-13, #13-02 | | 08-31-97, #97-35 |
| 12-15-12, #12-50 | | 09-15-96, #96-37 |
| 12-11-12, #BWR-12-12-11 | | 06-09-96, #96-23 |
| 12-09-12, #MMS-160 | | 03-31-96, #96-13 |
| 12-08-12, #AOTA-121208 | | 05-22-94, #94-21 |
| 12-08-12, #12-49 | | 11-14-93, #93-46 |
| 12-06-12, #ISGD-12-50 | | 06-13-93, #93-24 |
| 08-03-12, #MMDT20_12-31 | | 01-03-93, #93-01 |
| 03-17-12, #12-11 | | 11-29-92, #92-48 |
| 02-09-12, #ISGD-12-06 | | 02-16-92, #92-07 |
| 02-04-12, #12-05 | | 11-03-91, #91-44 |
| 01-26-12, #ISGD-12-04 | | 05-12-91, #91-19 |
| 12-25-11, #MMS-148 | | 01-08-89, #89-02 |
| 12-10-11, #AOTA-111210 | | 11-27-88, #88-48 |
| 12-10-11, #11-50 | | 11-20-88, #88-47 |
| 12-04-11, #MMS-145 | | 07-17-88, #88-29 |
| 10-15-11, #11-42 | | 05-29-88, #88-22 |
| 09-20-11, #BWR-11-09-20 | | 03-27-88, #88-13 |
| 08-13-11, #11-33 | | 03-13-88, #88-11 |
| 06-11-11, #11-24 | | 02-21-88, #88-08 |
| 06-04-11, #11-23 | | 01-31-88, #88-05 |
| 05-07-11, #11-19 | | 08-23-87, #87-34 |
| 03-19-11, #11-12 | | 03-08-87, #87-10 |
| 01-08-11, #11-02 | | 04-08-84, #84-15 |
| 12-18-10, #MMS-136 | | 03-18-84, #84-12 |
| 12-11-10, #MMS-135 | | 11-13-83, #83-46 |
| 12-04-10, #10-49 | | |
| = Show you can listen to online |
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A Change Of Heart
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Alabama Song
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All I Want For Christmas
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Ambient One, The
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Andy Always Dreamed Of Wrestling
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Angels Of Mercy
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Art For Art's Sake
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Bach To Bach
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Banana Love
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Be My Yoko
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Bongwater Day
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Boy Around The Corner
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Buddha Bakes
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Bulky Rhythm
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Bulky Rhythm (live in studio from show 88-22)
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Bumps In The Baseline
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Bus Plunge
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But Then, A Week Ago Last Thursday...
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Chanukah (Eight Days a Week)
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Christmas In Jail
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Christmas In L.A.
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Come Here Often?
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Corn Dogs
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Cow Tipping Part 2
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Cowboy Lips
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Crow, The
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Democratic Process
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Deprogrammer, The
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Dinner Bell
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Disappointment Pants
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Do You Hear What I Hear, Man?
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Drive By Love
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Eddie The Jinx
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Fifty Kilowatt Tree
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First I Was A Hippie, Then I Was a Stock Broker, Now I Am A Hippie Again
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Food For Rent
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Food to Rent
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Freefallin'
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Funk Shai Massacre
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Gate, The
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Get Your Monkey Off My Dog
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Giant Robot Store
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Golly, Ollie!
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Helmet
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Helter Skelter
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(with 'Mark McCollum')
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Hey Coach Don't Call Me A *****
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Hit the Road, Greg
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Hope
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Howard Peterson
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I Dreamt That David Mamet
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I Hate The Beach Boys
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I Was A Teenage Brain Surgeon
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Imaginary Tuba
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Is It Something That I Said?
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Johnny's Room
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Julia's Too Tall
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Killer Bees
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Lady Cop/Take Me In
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Late Model Love
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Laundry Cycle: Dictator In A Polo Shirt, The
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Laundry Cycle: Pounded On A Rock, The
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Laundry Cycle: Share A Load, The
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Laundry Cycle: Signs On The Line, The
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Laundry Cycle: Where Does The Wayward Footwear Go?, The
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Lazy Susan
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Leisure Suit
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Like A Parrot
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Mambo, Santa, Mambo
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Mopping, Mopping, Mopping
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Mr. Duality
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Mrs. Claus Want Some Lovin'
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My Husband Was a Weatherman
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My Shoes
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My, I'm Large
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Naming The Band
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Never Date A Musician
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Night Before The Night Before Christmas, The
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Nose To Nose
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Particle Man
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Party Arty
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Plastic or Paper
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Please Let Me Be Your Third World Country
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Poverty
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Prisoner Of Funk
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Psycho Killer
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Purple Haze
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Rainbird
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Rasta Reindeer
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Rhapsody in Blue
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Sandwich Man
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Santa Ana Woman
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Santa's Got A Brand New Bag
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Shut Up & Sing
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Sign My Snarling Doggie
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Silver Lining I
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Silver Lining II
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Slow Down Krishna
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Smoke
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Something In My Ear
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Spontaneous Human Combustion
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Swingers
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Synaesthesia
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There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
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There's A Nose Ring In My Soup
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Through The Wall
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Tight Pants Tango
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Tom Spath
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Too Many Santas
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Trash
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Tweak Your Peak
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Valentino's
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Vapor Carioca (live on Thhe Dr. Demento Show, 05-02-05), The
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Vapor Carioca, The
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Waiting Song, The
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White Room
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Why Not Try Right Now
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You Can't Do That
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You Really Got a Hold on Me
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Yuleman vs. the Anti-Claus
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Photos:
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Bobs have a new album out.
RHAPSODY IN BOB
2005
It includes 7 songs:
1. Dinner Bell
2. There ain't nobody here but us chickens
3. (I was a) Teenage Brain Surgeon
4. Alabama Song
5. Free Fallin'
6. White Room
7. Rhapsody in Blue
You can hear samples at:
www.cdbaby.com/cd/thebobs
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Bobs album releases are (in chronological order):
THE BOBS
1983
(Includes the original Grammy nominated cover of The Beatles "Helter Skelter.")
MY I'M LARGE
1987
SONGS FOR TOMORROW MORNING
1988
(Includes "The Laundry Cycle" - a group of 7 thematically linked songs about laundry.)
THE BEST OF THE BOBS
1990
(German Release)
THE BOBS SING THE SONGS OF . . .
1991
(Some of these songs appear on earlier releases. The album consists of covers of various artists plus 1 original song.)
SHUT UP AND SING
1993
THE BOBS COVER THE SONGS OF . . .
1994
(The album consists of covers of various artists plus 1 original song.)
PLUGGED
1995
TOO MANY SANTAS!
1996
(The original issue of this CD includes "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" - featuring Jonathan Katz - which does not appear on some later releases due to legal conflicts with James Brown.)
I BROW CLUB
1997
COASTER
2000
20 YEARS, 20 SONGS: THE BEST OF THE BOBS
2003
There is also a lot of album information on The Bobs official website.
George
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fiogf49gjkf0d The first weblink I added is for the official homepage of The Bobs.
The Bobs are were one of the first recording groups to have their own website and their own fan e-mail list - the Red Hot Atomic FOBS (Friends Of the BobS).
The second weblink is for a site that is related to the Bobs song "Bus Plunge." www.busplunge.org/ is a site devoted to stories about scary bus trips.
The third weblink is for Gunnar Madsen's website. Gunnar was one of the original Bobs and recently wrote the music for a play about The Shaggs. Unfortunately the link to "theshaggsmusical.com" on Gunnar's website is broken.
The fourth weblink is for the Netfobs Yahoo group site. This is the home of the inter*NET* *F*riends *O*f the *B*ob*S* listserver. This mailing list allows Bobs fans to keep abreast of current happenings, upcoming concerts, and other information. The mailing list averages 3-5 messages per month.
George
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