Robert Swanson:        Lead guitar and lead vocals 

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Bob (aka Rock-n-Roll-Bob) has played guitar since he was 14 years old. Bob would play in the football game as the starting center for his high school football team and then play in a band for the dance in the gym after the game was over. After high school, Bob played in a band named Aftermath and a few other bands not worthy of mentioning. Then in 1974 Bob became one of the founding members of The Rimfire Band. Rimfire was a local favorite for many years during the “Heart” era. Heart and Rimfire had the same agent and the two bands would often follow each other into the local clubs as well as Easten Washington, Idaho and Montana clubs .In late 1977, Rimfire decided to call it quits. Bob returned to college, but continued to write music as a hobby. In 1984 Bob joined the Silver Bullet band at the Log Cabin Tavern in Sumner. They were the house band there for two full years and eventually took on the Rimfire name again.

 In 1986 Bob dropped out of performing, but never stopped writing. In 1996 Bob began recording with his best friend and brother in law Harold Morrison. At Christmas time in 1997, Bob and Harold sent out a tape of the original music they had been recording to their friends and family. One of Bob’s friends played the tape for her boyfriend who happened to be director of security for MCA records/Universal at the Gorge in George. Having enjoyed the music he heard, the director contacted Bob and Harold and asked them if they wanted to play at the Gorge. Kind of a dumb question to ask a musician wasn’t it?

 Bob and Harold each had a son who were teenagers and were excellent musicians in their own right. They formed a band with the name “Generations”and were asked to play the new stage at the front gate for the Van Halen concert in 1998. It went well and the next thing they knew they were asked to open on the main stage at the Gorge for the Hall and Oates/ Chicago concert that same year in front of 20, 000 people. This started a string of 14 Gorge performances that lasted until the Spring of 2001. They opened for or appeared on the second stage for the Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Dave Matthews, Hall and Oates, Chicago, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Journey, Roger Watters, Stevie Nicks, Buddy Guy, Foreigner, John Cougar- Mellencamp; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and the Wallflowers concerts and once headlined the Gorge main stage for the Gorge Eastern Washington open house. It was a great run until House of Blues took over the Gorge--there was no longer room for the Generations band. All good things have to end sometime. 

In December 2001, Bob joined up with the James David band at the Brickyard Pub where he was seen by Doug Bristow. Doug asked him if he wanted to join Gunshy. The rest is history. Bob has been in Gunshy since April 2002. What can you say? Bob flat out, balls out, rock out with your c… out rocks! Check it out! You’ll see what I mean. It’s the real deal! 

Bob sez…. 

I’ve been real lucky to have played all of the venues that I’ve played over my career. The Gorge was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me. Miltt from the Gorge was one of the most generous, giving people that I ever met. I owe him a lot. The view from the back of the main stage looking West  over the Columbia River is a view that not too many people ever get to see. It is something I’ll never forget. I’ve also been lucky to have been surrounded by great musicians all of my life and I’m having the best time ever playing in Gunshy. I plan on rockin’ out until I am elderly and have a stable of blue haired groupies following me around. Yeah baby! That’s what I’m talking about. Like I’ve said before, I’ll probably leave this world at the age of 98 screaming a Billy Idol song at an Arizona park on the Winnebago circuit. . I’m guessing that they’ll probably have to pry that guitar out of my cold dead fingers.

If you would like to hear some of my original music click on the links below.  All the songs are in MP3 format.
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Just a Dream  --  Written by Robert Swanson and Harold Morrison
Corey --   Written by Robert Swanson
Honest Mistake --   Written by Robert Swanson
Miseries  --  Written by Robert Swanson and Mark Connaway
Name of the Game --   Written by Robert Swanson, Harold Morrison and Mark Connaway
Bigger Ain't Always Better --   Written by Robert Swanson, Harold Morrison and Mark Connaway
Hard Livin' woman --   Written by Robert Swanson
Things Change  --  Written by Robert Swanson

Main players: 

Mark Connaway 
Harold Morrison
Robert Swanson

Special guest appearances:

Mike Patton
Sean Morrison 
Don Swanson 
Matt Blair