1. Bobbye Jean Hall is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 20 songs that reached the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100.
10 Facts About Bobbye Hall
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Bobbye Jean Hall was born in Detroit, Michigan, and began her career there playing percussion in nightclubs while still in her teens.
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Bobbye Hall lived in Europe for a few years during which time she changed the spelling of her name from Bobby to Bobbye, to distinguish herself as a woman percussionist and as a unique musician.
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Bobbye Hall moved to Los Angeles in 1970 where she was one of the few female session musicians in a male-dominated profession, a sometime associate of the Funk Brothers and the so-called Wrecking Crew.
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Bobbye Hall played on the Gene Clark album, White Light, of the same year.
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Bobbye Hall released one album of her own in March 1977: Body Language For Lovers, a soul-jazz instrumental work featuring tunes co-written with her husband.
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In late August 1978, in between Dylan tour dates, Bobbye Hall played congas for Tom Waits's Blue Valentine album, on the track "Romeo Is Bleeding", giving it a gritty Latin feel.
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Bobbye Hall recorded with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band in the early 1980s.
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Bobbye Hall joined Stevie Nicks for her album Bella Donna and toured with her in 1981,1983, and 1986.
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Bobbye Hall has recorded as percussionist and drummer using the following instruments: bongos, congas, tambourine, claves, quica, wood block, tabla, full drum kit, tom-toms, cabasa, maracas, cowbell, bells, shaker, guiro, triangle, mark tree, hand claps, finger snaps and finger cymbals.