Bob Boyd has entertained audiences all over Arkansas as leader
or co-leader of his own band and has been doing so for over 50 years. At
age 3 he learned to play the piano by watching his mother who also played
by ear. His father, grandmother, sister and brother all were hobby musicians.
Bob played for church services at age 14 and had his own radio show at age
16 playing the requested songs of his radio audience. His current band,
the Bob Boyd Sounds, plays about 100 private engagements and concerts each
year. Bob and his wife Donnie owned and operated Boyd Music Center in Little
Rock for over 38 years. They have one daughter, Melody, who was piano accompanist
for the Central High School Choir in her senior year, 1985. Her son Cameron,
born in 1999, also plays piano.
Bob also works as a solo performer. He has developed a series of solo piano
and vocal presentations, several of which are based on the lives and music
of legendary composers such as Stephen Foster, George Gershwin and Irving
Berlin. He has performed for Lifequest and for church and civic groups around
central Arkansas. He has several other programs completed and many others
are currently being developed. Bob also plays accordion, guitar and banjo,
and can taylor his programs to any theme for your group. |
