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Bob Beach Bio
Bob Beach has been singing and playing harmonica and
flute professionally for more than 30 years. Living in Philadelphia, PA
Bob can currently be heard with the duo Fitzgerald & Beach, The
Christine Havrilla Band, The Paul Lewis Band, Beach & Bohne, The 1st
Light Team, The Philadelphia Jug Band and many local, regional and
national performers. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Bob
relocated to Western PA after high school. From 1976 to 1997 Bob worked
in bands and other musical projects based in the city of Pittsburgh.
While there Bob was a mainstay of the club scene and also very involved
in recording. Bob has the versatility to work within a number of
different musical genres. He has been involved in commercials, film,
session work and his own band recording projects. In 1997 Bob came back
to Philadelphia and has continued performing and recording. He has
supported a number of local musicians, including Bob Bohne, Colleen
McFarland, Jive Five Minus Two, Steve Quelet and many others in both
live and studio situations. Onstage performances in the last few years
have included jammin with Ollabelle, the Campbell Brothers, the Avett
Brothers, Christine Havrilla, the Waybacks, Ian Thomas, Swamp Cabbage,
Chris Bell, Daves True Story, Paul Lewis, Fruit, Josh Komorowski,
Gretchen Witt, John Francis and many, many more. Bob is active in the
Fortissimo Folk Music group and the Lansdowne Folk Club. Bob produced
and performed on the Philadelphia Jug Bands debut cd. Bob continues to
record and perform with longtime musical partner DC Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald & Beach have recorded 4 cds and perform regularly. The most
recent is Joyful Noise, a collection of spiritual and gospel songs.
Their newest project Pilot Me will be released in early 2006 on the
BoneDog Records label. Bob has played NERFA Conference the Philadelphia
Folk Festival twice, DelMarva Folk Fest and the Northeast Folk Alliance
Conference a number of times, Spring Gulch Folk Festival, Forksville
Folk Festival, Hickory Fest, and many local and regional venues and
radio programs. Bob also brings his unique talents to worship services
at First Presbyterian Church in Lansdowne, PA. Bob also belongs to the
Philadelphia Folk Song Society and AFM Local 100. Bob often can be found
mixing sound(and sometimes playing) at the World Cafe Live Upstairs
venue.
610-626-0012
bob@bobbeach.net
http://www.myspace.com/bobbeach
http://www.bobbeach.net
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Musician Bob Beach . . . has been
performing for more than 20 years with various bands, and he's capable of
playing several instruments. In a field where others often come and go,
Beach attributes much of his staying power to his versatility. --
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Tour diary
#15
“After Bethlehem we scooted down to New Hope were we
met up with Bob Beach, an amazing blues harp player who we did a workshop
with last year at Philly Folk fest. We had no idea that he was there but he
jumped up and jammed with us on 'Mamma' and totally blew us away. He also
made he trek down the next night and played with us again at the Grape st
Pub in Philadelphia. He's a lovely guy.”
sam and fruit
"Mr. Beach, whose work we first encountered on the
Philadelphia Jug Band's recent CD, is a harpist of unusual skill and
intelligence. I have heard him blow all the notes of Irish fiddle tunes and
segue into light swing. It is worth owning this recording just for harmonica
leads."
Michael Miller
November 2004 VOLUME 46 NUMBER 2
The newsletter of the Philadelphia Folksong Society
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