Bobby Kimmel
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 1, 1940 United States |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar, Double Bass |
| Years active | 1962 – present |
| Labels | Capitol Records, Takoma Records, GemsTone (distributed by mondayMEDIA) |
| Associated acts | The Stone Poneys, Floating House Band, Four Corners, BK Special, I Hear Voices! |
Bobby Kimmel lives in Tucson, Arizona where he was born on September 1, 1940. Kimmel is a musician and songwriter who currently performs with the acoustic folk group, I Hear Voices. He has been recording and performing in concert for over 50 years and was a founding member of the Stone Poneys, along with Linda Ronstadt and the late Kenny Edwards.
Bobby Kimmel moved to Tucson as a child for his asthmatic condition. His father was a studio musician in New York City, and become the principal double bass player in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. He also owned and operated a retail music shop near the University.
Bobby's early musical influence was jazz, especially "West Coast" jazz. He also listened to the "harder" East Coast Jazz. His passion for jazz continued all throughout his high school years, and it was not until he discovered the guitar (at age 17) that his musical direction changed.
He became aware of the folk music greats such as Doc Watson, Lightnin Hopkins, Merle Travis, Mississippi John Hurt, as well as contemporaries like Dick Rosmini, Steve Mann and Ry Cooder. Phonorecords from his father's music store at this time contributed invaluably to his musical education.
At that point, Bobby fully turned his attention toward folk music. He began playing both bass and guitar in the folk music clubs around Tucson in the early 60s. He started performing with his friend, Linda Ronstadt. During this period Bobby played bass in a folk group with Linda and her older brother and sister Peter and Suzie.
In 1963, Bobby left Tucson for Los Angeles to further his music career. Quickly he called Linda to join him in LA.
Linda agreed, together they formed The Stone Poneys with LA guitarist Kenny Edwards. After a few months of rehearsal (including in the local laundromat which had great acoustics), the trio played an open mike gig at The Troubador in West Los Angeles. That one performance resulted in a multi—album contract with Capitol Records.
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