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Name: Bobby Maynard
Date: Saturday October 10th, 2009
Time: 9:30pm EDT
Website: www.bobbymaynard.com
Interviewer: Uncle Billy Dunbar
Description:
For over thirty years, Bobby Maynard has played the music that he loves. An accomplished musician on banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and bass, Bobby has produced three solo CDs, "Gospel Pickin," "It's What I Do," and "Holly Jolly Pickin’." All of these recordings feature Bobby playing all the instruments. In June 2004, Bobby and his band, Bobby Maynard and Breakdown, released a new CD "Sounds Like Hillbillies." Bobby’s newest project is entitled “Livin’ Lovin’ Laughin’” and features 13 tracks, including 11 original songs written by Bobby. The songs on the new CD offer the listener a great variety from toe-tapping to touching to humorous, with two fresh and flaming instrumentals.
On August 31, 2008, Bobby was honored by being inducted into the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Other 2008 inductees included Hawkshaw Hawkins and Charlie McCoy.
In 2008, Bobby signed with Lamon Records in Nashville, Tennessee, and his “Livin’ Lovin’ Laughin’” CD is out on the Lamon label. The first cut on the CD, “East to West Virginia,” is a featured video on LamonRecords.com, with the single released in May 2009.
Bobby’s professional career encompasses a broad range of musical styles, including playing in approximately 45 states and Canada with artists such as Dolly Parton, Lee Greenwood, The Jordanaires, Little Jimmy Dickens, Johnny Russell, Helen Cornelius, Ava Barber, Jack Greene, Jean Shepard, Billy Walker, Don Rigsby, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Melvin Goins and Windy Mountain, The Lewis Family, Ernie Thacker, and many others. In addition, Bobby worked as a fulltime musician at two theme parks, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Six Flags Fiesta Texas, in San Antonio, Texas.
Notable performances include the Grand Ole Opry; Philadelphia Folk Festival; Wintergrass Festival in Tacoma, Washington; Strawberry Festival in Yosemite, California; and the Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival in Dunnellon, Florida.
At the 2000 Vandalia Gathering in Charleston, West Virginia, Bobby won first place in the West Virginia State Banjo Contest playing bluegrass banjo. Bobby’s CDs are featured at the prestigious Tamarack in Beckley, West Virginia. In May of 2002, the Tamarack named Bobby its 2002 Performing Artist of the Year. In April 2004, Bobby earned the "TOP SALES PRODUCER" Award at the Tamarack for the outstanding sale of his CDs.
When not on the road, Bobby stays busy teaching music lessons in Huntington, West Virginia. Bobby has been teaching since the age of fifteen and enjoys opening up the world of music to his students. He offers private lessons and also conducts workshops throughout the country. |
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