Boogie Bob studied piano with
Gladys Kendall in Denver for eight years. He continued his studies
at Colorado State College and the University of Denver. He started
playing professionally in 1960 at a coffee house called the Village
located at 14th and Ogden in Denver. He also at this time was
writing music, playing in bands, teaching private piano lessons,
doing solo piano and studio recording work. In the 70’s he was
doing studio work with Michael Stanley, Joe Walsh, Albert Collins,
Rob Wallace, Pete McCabe and Rob Kunkel. He moved to southern
California in 1973 and with Rob Kunkel formed two bands, the RKO
Trio and an experimental group, Pataphysics. In 1976 he moved
back to Denver and joined the Rocky Starr show, a country group.
In the summer of 1978 his friend, Rob Wallace, got him started
on a solo career again as “Boogie” Bob Olson, playing at the Teller
House in Central city. In 1979 he released his first solo album,
“Boogie Bob Live at the Teller House.” Boogie has played the past
23 years at two piano bars. He played at Ikaros from 1983 to 1996
and at the Aurora Summit from 1996 to 2007 On October 30, 2007
he started a new job at the Perfect Landing playing Tuesday through
Saturday from 5:30 till 9:00PM He continues to play, write, record
and teach music. He plays all styles of music including classical,
blues, jazz, ragtime, rock, boogie, ballads, show tunes, and movie
themes. His compositions include this same wide variety of music
and are featured on his 10 solo CD’s, 7 CD’s with others and his
new DVD, with life long friend, Robb Mayfield, released in 2006.
He can be reached at boogiebob@comcast.net
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