1. Robert Maurice Malone was born on as Meloon on December 2,1965 and is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter.
22 Facts About Bob Malone
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Bob Malone has toured extensively as a solo artist as well as with former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty, and has recorded with such artists as Fogerty, Ringo Starr, and Avril Lavigne.
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Bob Malone was born in Irvington, New Jersey, and grew up in the Milton section of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, after being adopted in 1966.
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Bob Malone began playing piano at age 9 and, as a teenager, studied with Ashley Miller, best known for his recordings as the house organist at Radio City Music Hall.
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Bob Malone formed his first band, High Altitude, in his sophomore year of high school, along with friend Paul Burrowes.
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The band broke up in 1990 and Bob Malone moved to Los Angeles that same year.
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Bob Malone moved away from the pop-rock sound of his former band and developed a style that combined blues, New Orleans piano, and singer-songwriter craftsmanship.
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Bob Malone initially supporting himself in bars and restaurants, playing covers and top-40.
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Bob Malone was named to Music Connection's Best Unsigned Artists list for five years in a row before securing a deal with Criterion Music Publishing in 1992.
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In 1993, Bob Malone joined Freddy Fender's band for a short tour.
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Bob Malone went on to win the Boston Acoustic Underground Award for best male performer in 1995 and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival New Artist Competition in 1996, and placed as a finalist at Kerrville Folk Festival in 1995 and 1996.
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The year 1998 saw the release of Malone's second Chartmaker release, Bob Malone, followed by tour dates opening for the Neville Brothers, Average White Band, Vonda Shepard, The Manhattan Transfer, and Al Green, as well as his first solo tours in Italy and Japan.
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Bob Malone spent portions of the year 2000 living in New York City and 2001 living in New Orleans.
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In 2002, Bob Malone contributed an essay about life as an independent musician to the book Working Musicians: Defining Moments from the Road, the Studio, and the Stage, published by HarperCollins and featuring contributions by musicians such as Harry Connick Jr.
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Bob Malone's fifth album, Born Too Late, was released in December 2005, and featured Blues Music Awards winners Paul Rishell and Annie Raines.
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Between 2000 and 2010, Bob Malone's songs were featured on JAG, The Young and the Restless, All My Children, Cupid, and the Travel Channel.
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Bob Malone has composed instrumental music for Dr Phil, Rachael Ray, and Entertainment Tonight and performed live twice on The Price Is Right.
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In 2011, Bob Malone was invited to join John Fogerty's band and has performed and toured with him ever since.
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Since then, Bob Malone has continued to maintain his solo tour schedule in addition to his duties playing keyboards with Fogerty.
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In 2015, Bob Malone released his eighth album, Mojo Deluxe, to positive reviews.
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The album saw Bob Malone introduce the stomp box into his sound and, as on his previous album, use prominent session musicians, including bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Kenny Aronoff.
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Bob Malone's recording activity since 2011 has included keyboard work on John Fogerty's Wrote a Song for Everyone, Ringo Starr's Give More Love, the Netflix series Lucifer, and Avril Lavigne and Jonny Blu's recording of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for the soundtrack of the Hallmark Channel movie Switched for Christmas, on which he played piano and wrote the orchestra and big band arrangement.