Bob Hall

Robert 'Bob' Hall (born 13 June 1942, in West Byfleet, Surrey), is a leading English boogie-woogie pianist. A long-time collaborator of Alexis Korner, he also performed regularly with bottleneck bluesman Dave Kelly and his sister, Jo Ann Kelly. On top of that he was a founder member of several British blues bands, including The Groundhogs, Tramp, the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band and The DeLuxe Blues Band.

Over his career, Hall has worked and recorded with artists such as Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac, and is also a long-serving member of Savoy Brown, and has guested with The Blues Band, featuring Paul Jones, Dave Kelly and Tom McGuinness. Hall was also a founder-member, with Ian Stewart, of the Boogie Woogie Big Band which later became Rocket 88, and which included Hal Singer, Don Weller and Dick Morrissey among many leading jazzmen, together with Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner, and Jack Bruce.

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