ION INDIE MAGAZINE January 2015, Volume 8 | Page 60

BOB CRAWFORD
Man of a Thousand Hats
By Kiki Plesha
Other than the jaunty chapeau in his photo, it would be safe to say that BOB CRAWFORD wears many
hats...and they are of many styles. Bob’s talent has been far-reaching; encompassing Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B,
Folk, Alternative and New Country--and many variances in between. And under all those hats resides the
man himself…musician, producer, author, consultant, guitarist, arranger, stage manager, recording
engineer and composer. He is a one-man phenomenon and even, at times, a one-man-band.
Having been in the music industry for quite some time, Bob has a rather large song catalog and long track
record, working with such varied artists as JOCELYN BROWN, MICK TAYLOR, MAXINE BROWN, DENNIS
WILLIAMS (O’JAYS, TEMPTATIONS), LARRY HARLOW, RON RICHARDSON, CARL HALL, AZTEC 2 STEP,
BEVERLY CROSBY,LORETTA DEVINE and VONDIE CURTIS-HALL.
He is the President of RMCO MUSIC, which is a full service
Music Production/Event Management company. And make no
mistake…Bob is BUSY…currently working with Grammy Award
winner Larry Harlow and ZON DEL BARRIO in NYC. He is the
author of newly published "Symmetric Cycles", which is
a JOHN COLTRANE/PAT MARTINO/NICHOLAS SLONIMSKYinspired music theory book.
He has also recorded 2 crossover Jazz instrumentals, “BOB
CRAWFORD/RMCO MUSIC Presents: Contemporary Jazz
Crossover Instrumental Vol. 1 & 2”. These are available from
AmazonMP3, Bandcamp, iTunes, Google Play and Spotify. In
his “spare” time, he also provides customized
music for business advertising. Excuse me…I think I need a
nap just WRITING about Bob Crawford…
OK, I’m BACK!