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“SIMPLY BREATHTAKING PERFECTION…TERRY ROBB IS ONE OF OUR FINEST ACOUSTIC GUITARISTS TODAY.” – Living magazine, June/July 2019

“A TRUE BLUES LEGEND AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME.” – Blues Matters magazine, August/September 2019

Contents ● Bio ● Tour Highlights ● Recommended If You Like ● Press Photos ● Videos ● Contact

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BIO TERRY ROBB is hailed as a blues virtuoso and one of the finest acoustic guitarists on the international scene. , Vintage Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Down Beat, Living Blues, Oprah's O Magazine and other leading publications praise his musical abilities as a fingerpicker, songwriter, arranger and . His work is featured in Hollywood films, documentaries, TV programs and biographies such as “Game of Thrones,” “The Horse Whisperer,” “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot,” and Dance of Death: The Life of , American Guitarist. Robb served as accompanist, arranger and producer on several of Fahey’s critically acclaimed albums, and also on Can’t Find No Heaven by , nominated for Grammy and Blues Music Awards.

Robb’s own award-winning discography features collaborations with Fahey, , Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Ike Willis () and . Whether commanding the stage as a solo artist or backed by his all-star band, Robb has performed at festivals and concert halls across the United States, Canada and Europe, often giving workshops and master classes as a sought-after educator. He has toured with Fahey, , Steve Miller and Robin Trower, appeared as a guest of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” the NBA Trail Blazers and the Oregon Symphony, and shared the stage with B.B. King, Robert Plant, Albert Lee, John Hiatt, Joe Cocker, Bo Diddley, David Crosby, George Thorogood, Leo Kottke, Johnny Winter and other luminaries.

Robb’s latest release, Confessin' My Dues, marks his 15th solo recording, and was met with worldwide acclaim. The album debuted in the top 40 Billboard Blues Album Chart, top 20 Living Blues Radio Report, top 30 IBBA Chart (UK), and top 40 RMR Blues Album Chart. Drawing on influences as varied as Delta blues to Coltrane, to Hendrix, Americana to American Primitivism, Robb’s Confessin’ My Dues will captivate listeners with its melodic and rhythmic invention and musical virtuosity. “Robb demonstrates blues’ expansiveness, and his own versatility, not on a travelogue of covers but on an album of originals,” says Dan Forte, writing for Vintage Guitar. “And it’s difficult to think of anyone who could pull that off as well…In Terry Robb’s hands, it not only all makes sense, it makes perfect blues sense.”

Robb’s illustrious career spanning four decades landed him in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and the Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame. In 2011, he was honored with the eponymous “Terry Robb” Acoustic Guitar Muddy Award after winning the prize for 19 years since its inception, and in 2017 he received the Muddy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Terry Robb was born in , British Columbia, raised in the United States and resides in Portland, Oregon.

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RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE ● John Fahey ● ● Ry Cooder ● Eric Clapton ● Lightnin’ Hopkins ● Davey Graham ● Jimi Hendrix ● Robert Johnson

VIDEOS: LIVE AT 2019 WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL SOLO: BAND: “Butch Holler Stomp” Title-track song from Confessin’ My Dues (2019) from Confessin’ My Dues (2019)

https://youtu.be/9Q_C2_pTSeY https://youtu.be/bSKO9Gs0veE VINTAGE GUITAR EXCLUSIVE LIVE AT BLUE FROG STUDIOS Title-track song from “Judge Boushay Blues” Cool On The Bloom (2016) Furry Lewis cover

https://youtu.be/AEF2pIK0_wo https://youtu.be/EMlnrOiXIhA

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (OR), Biscuits & Blues (CA), Boise City Blues Festival (ID), Boonville Folk-Blues Festival (CA), Britt Music & Arts Festival (OR), Bronze, Blues & Brews Festival (OR), Bumpershoot (WA), Butchart Gardens (Canada), Carolina Downhome Blues Festival (SC), Cathedral Park Festival (OR), Centrum Steel and Slide Guitar Festival (WA), Concordia University Blues Festival (OR), Freight & Salvage (CA), Hornby Island Blues Workshop (Canada), Hult Center (OR), Great American Music Hall (CA), Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (WA), Jones Beach Amphitheater (NY), “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (NY), Lillehammer Blues Festival (Norway), New Haven Folk Society (CT), New York State Blues Festival (NY), North By Northwest (OR), (OR), Portland Jazz Festival (OR), Princeton University (NJ), Railhead Casino (NV), Rockwood Music Hall (NY), Sarah McLachlan School of Music (Canada), Sherbino Theater (CO), SXSW Music Gorilla Showcase (TX), Tacoma Guitar Festival (WA), The Blue Café (CA), The Mint (ID), The Moore Theatre (WA), The Rhythm Room (AZ), The Triple Door (WA), The Zephyr Club (UT), Ticino Music Nights (Switzerland), Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts (NY), Vallemaggia Blues Festival (Switzerland), Vancouver International Guitar Festival (Canada), Walla Walla Guitar Festival (WA), Waterfront Blues Festival (OR), “West Coast Live with Sedge Thompson” (CA), Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival (WA), Yukon Arts Centre (Canada)

PHOTOS

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CONTACT Website: www.terryrobb.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/TerryRobbGuitar Instagram: www.instagram.com/terryrobbguitar Twitter: www.twitter.com/terryrobbguitar

Management / Booking: Katie Robb, [email protected] | (503) 956-6988 Publicity: Carl Hanni / Mod Media, [email protected] | (520) 390-6219, and Greg Lee / Imagine Nation, [email protected] | (818) 633-4081 Radio Promotion: Frank Roszak Promotions, [email protected] | (323) 305-4177 Social Media: Danielle Rose Saunders / NiaSounds, [email protected] | (503) 245-9886 Record Label: NiaSounds, [email protected] | (503) 245-9886