Robert Ewell Sledge was born on March 9,1968 and is an American musician.
11 Facts About Robert Sledge
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Robert Sledge played bass guitar in the Ben Folds Five.
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Robert Sledge began playing bass guitar at the age of eleven.
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Robert Sledge's brother was playing guitar at his house so he learned how to play the guitar at the same time.
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Robert Sledge was the bass player for the group as well a backing vocalist.
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Robert Sledge uses a Big Muff pedal to provide a layer of fuzz distortion on top of his typical bass tone.
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Robert Sledge played a Hamer Blitz Bass during the early years of Ben Folds Five.
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Robert Sledge later switched to a Fender Jazz Bass to record Whatever and Ever Amen, while playing his Gibson and Epiphone Les Paul basses in live shows from that time to the present.
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Robert Sledge plays an upright double bass for several songs, including "Brick".
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Robert Sledge later joined the band International Orange, as a songwriter, bassist and vocalist.