 Bob
Bowman performs intricate, classical-inspired arrangements of traditional
Celtic and American music from the past 300 years interspersed with familiar
jazz and pop standards, tunes by friends, and his own original music composed
over the past 35 years. His solo guitar style is reminiscent ‘60’s
British Isles musicians Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, and Davy Graham, with
influences from a diverse lot of American guitarists such as John Fahey,
Lenny Breau, and Eric Schoenberg.
Bob’s instrumental style appeals to all ages and provides a wonderful
accompaniment to fine dining, gallery openings, receptions, and more.For more than three decades Bob has been respected for his guitar, banjo, and mandolin work as a soloist and  with
various vocalists and groups, including the popular Celtic band, Kitchen
Junket. He has recorded several solo instrumental soundtracks for
documentary films and, at last, is recording a CD, planned for release
in the spring (2011).
Bob took a 20 year break from live performance while working on some particularly demanding marine science and conservation projects. He began appearing again in restaurants and events in eastern Maine and Canada in the spring of 2009. Affordable and in demand, he regularly plays six to eight gigs a week. Bob mostly grew up on Little Cranberry Island, Maine (featured in the
documentary, The Cranberry Report)
where he
was a ferry captain for many years. An accomplished marine
wildlife conservation researcher, he has traveled the world as an
advisor on marine mammal conservation strategy and technology.
Bob and his wife, Cate, a teacher, divide their time year-round between
a barely restored 150 year old cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine and
a home in New Brunswick, Canada.
Technical stuff
Bob provides a professional sound system for rooms from 20 to
200 people.
His innovative use of wireless technology permits flexible speaker
placement
(without cables) and the ability to transmit a high-quality signal
directly
to any in-house sound system for distribution throughout a restaurant,
gallery, garden, or other non-traditional or multi-room performance
space.
In performance, Bob is set up in minutes and generally requires only
floor
space for a stool with access to an electrical outlet. He also can
provide a small high-quality battery-powered system for performing
outdoors, on boats, or other sites without electricity. Bob performs on a guitar built for him in 1985 by Dana Bourgeois. He also plays a 1919 Vega Whyte Laydie six-string banjo, a 1956 Martin 0-18, a 1994 Lowden O-12c, a 2000 Weber Beartooth octave mandolin, and a 1923 Vega Tubaphone tenor banjo. Downloads
MPBN - Our Stories - The Cranberry Report Music by Bob Bowman - 1998
Selected
film performances:
The Rock; original score; Maine Public Broadcasting Network (1985) Ashley Bryan: Portrait of a Storyteller; original song; National Geographic (1988) Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Maine, original score, College of the Atlantic (1991) Our Stories; original score; Maine Public Broadcasting Network (1998) Amazing Coastal Creatures: original music; Forged Image Productions (2004) Chummy Rich, Maine Boat Builder: The Building of Andromeda, original score, Dobbs Productions (2010)
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