British Singer Songwriter Bobby Long just released his 3rd album, Ode to Thinking on August 7th! In support of the release, he is touring the U.S. and Europe and making a stop at our very own Southgate House Revival on Friday, August 14th.
Bobby Long was born in Wigan, of George Orwell fame, and grew up in bucolic Wiltshire, the setting for many of Thomas Hardy's novels. Ironically, literature and writing eluded him until a kindly teacher took notice of his struggles at school. She introduced him to the work of Dylan Thomas, and he never looked back. Relocating to London at 17 to go to university, he had just begun to play guitar and write songs. He worked his way through the open mic night circuit, finding his voice, and armed with a degree in music for film and a carefully crafted repertoire of original songs, he headed for America in 2009.
Bobby Long is known for his powerfully evocative lyrics set to haunting melodies. "This record started when I realized that the first five songs I wrote for it were probably the most personal songs I'd ever written," Long says of the new recording. "That was the start of the journey. ‘Ode to Thinking’ was one of the first songs I had written (for the album), and it was the definite turning point creatively where I felt, as I'm getting older, that I'm getting more interested in what's going on politically and socially. I now think it's really important to educate yourself and to take an interest in what's going on in the world."
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Bobby Long is headlining the Revival Room at The Southgate House Revival on Friday, August 14th with Jayson Erik Alcott supporting. Doors at 8p and music starts at 8:30.
