I was raised on the family farm in rural New York state in grape and dairy farm country. My grandmother taught piano and my grandfather played mandolin. My father was a music professor at New York State Teacher's College and the leader of his own big band. My mother taught piano and sang in my father's band. My Uncle Ken was a music teacher and violin player. My Uncle Doug was a professional steel guitar player who traveled all over the world. I was fascinated by the stories Uncle Doug would tell when he came home to the family farm where we all lived.

Growing up on the farm in this musical family, I learned to love three things, music, animals and anything that could be driven or flown and the faster, the better.

The only radio stations that could be received in remote western New York state were the 50,000 watt a.m. stations which predominantly played country music and my keen ears soon fell in love with the sound, much to the chagrin of my parents and the delight of Uncle Doug.

Determined to fly, I joined the Air Force as soon as I was old enough.  As luck or fate would have it, I was stationed in Texas, the heart of big band western swing country.  My skill with the steel guitar earned me off-duty gigs with local bands and after my tour of duty with the Air Force ended, I found himself working with groups such as Johnny Lee Wills, the legendary Bob Wills, the Western Starlighters and country-western great, Hank Thompson.

I knew I wanted to make music my life and not being the kind of person to do anything half-heartedly, I moved to Nashville and within two days of arriving, landed a gig with Ferlin Husky.  I went on to work with Stonewall Jackson, Connie Smith, Billy Walker and Claude Gray.  As I distinguished myself and my reputation grew, I caught the eye of the great Ray Price, then at the peak of his career.  Ray hired me and it became a pivotal point in my life.  I started getting studio work which became so lucrative, I eventually gave up the road in favor of playing on hit records.

For eight years, I kept a hectic pace, sometimes playing as many as twenty master sessions in a week.  I invested well and eventually opened two recording studios on music row and began finding and producing talent such as Steve Wariner, Trisha Yearwood, Tracy Lawrence and Clinton Gregory.  I am proud that I was able to make a contribution to their eventual success.

The studio business fell into a slump in the mid-eighties and I returned to playing live in Nashville and on the road with Johnny Paycheck.  Now, feeling rejuvenated, the urge to once again record and perform pulled me back into the arena.

With a lifetime of musical experience to draw from, I am now creating music more exciting and beautiful than I ever have before.

Enjoy,
Bobbe Seymour