Robbie McIntosh
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McIntosh in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Born |
25 October 1957 Sutton, Surrey England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Rock, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, vocals |
| Associated acts |
The Pretenders 70% Proof Roger Daltrey Paul McCartney John Mayer The Foster Brothers The Robbie McIntosh Band Filthy McNasty |
Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) is an English guitarist. McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of The Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney joining his band full-time until early 1994. He continues to do session work and has performed both as a sideman with John Mayer and with his own band, The Robbie McIntosh Band.
McIntosh was born in Sutton, Surrey, and started playing the guitar at the age of ten, picking out things from any records listened to at the time. He had two older sisters, and their record collections became early influences: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Spencer Davis Group, Jimi Hendrix etc. His father's love of jazz was also a factor: Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong – and his mother played the piano.
At age 13, he started taking classical guitar lessons from a teacher called Michael Lewin, who later became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. He continued through to Grade 8 (aged 18).
"Lightnin' Hopkins was the first blues artist that captured my imagination; I've been besotted with blues music ever since."
McIntosh's first band was called 70% Proof. They played original material and covers of Humble Pie, The Who, Free and Stevie Wonder, amongst others. "The other guys in the band (Paul Eager, Russell Ayles and Graham Mincher) had all left school, so we used to rehearse on Sunday afternoons at the local dump works canteen. We were pretty good really."
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