* Robert Elmore As John Entwistle*
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| A product of the USA and the only native Californian in the Band, Rob Elmore has been playing bass for over 35 years. Rob began playing bass in 1969 taking lessons from the long defunct Dales Music in Los Alamitos, CA. Rob Played in a large horn and soul tribute band for about 8 years with Tom Whitecloud of Sacramento. Tom came across the talent agency Mars Talent who booked the band "The All Star Soul Express" for a show backing several formerly top bill artists at a show put on by a local Sacramento Radio station KOOL 101. It was when the band was getting ready for this show that Rob was introduced to the drumming skills of Bob Turak. Bob also introduced Chris Saint into the "Soul Express" and the three played anchoring the rhythm section for this show. This turned out to be the largest thing Rob had ever done in terms of audience with nearly 10, 000 screaming people in the stands. This is the BEST rhythm section in the Sacramento Valley. "I love playing with these guys" Rob states, Bob's drumming and Chris' guitar playing are second to none. Having Mo step in to front the band is icing on the cake. Rob Plays Carvin, Fender, Warwick, Gibson and Ibanez basses favoring his Carvin 6 strings through SWR amplification. Rob owns one of the rare Buzzard basses jointly developed by John Entwistle and Hans Peter Wilfer, founder of Warwick. Although a 5 string which John didn't play, Rob says "I needed the flexibility without having special tunings or Hipshot De-tuners". Influences include John Entwistle (DUH!), Chris Squire, Greg Lake, Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce, Roger Waters, James Jamerson, Bobby Babbitt, Donald Duck Dunn, Roger Glover, Pino Paladino, Tony Levin, Geezer Butler, Rocco Prestia, Dave Larue, Les Claypool, John Wetton, and others. |
