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In his early school years, feigning recurring episodes of the
bubonic plague, Bob would stay home from school and beat away on
his brother Gary's snare drum to the vinyl sounds of early rock'n'roll
music - the Everley Brothers, Buddy Holly, and The King. Shortly
after puberty, Stark made "a Freudian grip" and grabbed hold of
brother Doug's $10.00 Simpson Sear's Silvertone guitar...and then
came the Beatles, the Byrds, the Lovin' Spoonful, and the Buffalo
Springfield.
Bob's first on-stage performance was "some time in the sixties,
man" at an ' open-stage ' at The Wasteland Coffee House, Ottawa,
ON . His most recent performances have been: Rasputin's Café, Ottawa,
ON, September 2005; the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver,
BC, 3 February, 2006 (CD Release Party for 'Life on a Postcard'.)
In-between, Bob has played at various benefits, festivals and folk
venues - from The Foc'sle Tavern, Chester, NS ( to officially launch
The Lobster Party) to the stage of the National Arts Centre. "Heck,
I've even played at the opening of a general store, standing behind
a canoe."
Stark currently resides in Vancouver, BC, cheering on the Canucks
while drinking lattes and listening to the falling rain.
For further bio/career highlites check out Bob's full bio in the
BOSTERMANIA section.
Bob is also an actor, a poet, and writer of short-stories, travelogs,
and is "The Clobber" - a political/hockey analyst. (Please
see OTHERBOBSTUFF for details
and works.)
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