Bob Livingston…Friday, February 10

Singer-songwriter BOB LIVINGSTON is a folk-rock raconteur who doesn't mind being called an "entertainer."

"The hand of fate plays a big part in all of this," Livingston says. Through serendipity and the art leaping and the net appearing more often than not, Livingston landed in Austin in 1971.  He came to Austin with Michael Martin Murphey after playing bass on Murphey's Geronimo's Cadillac album. In Austin, Livingston, reinvented himself as the Lost Gonzo Band bass-player/singer who toured and recorded with visionary misfits like Jerry Jeff Walker, Murphey, the Lost Gonzo Band and Ray Wylie Hubbard. They called it the 'progressive country scare!'"   

Livingston has seen a lot of the world since growing up in musically fertile West Texas. Hailing originally from San Antonio, Bob moved to Lubbock as a boy where his interests turned more 'Cosmic' than 'Cowboy' and prompted him to delve into the music and mysteries of many cultures. Traveling since the 80’s as a Music Ambassador for the US State Department, Livingston has taken Texas music as far afield as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Africa, Vietnam and the Middle East demonstrating again and again the unique power that music has to build bridges between peoples of the world. As Livingston says, 'When all else fails, music prevails'. These tours earned him the honor of being appointed, “Ambassador of Goodwill,” by the State of Texas and “Austin’s International Music Ambassador,” by the City of Austin. Bob was inducted into the "West Texas Walk of Fame" in 2018 and the "Texas Music Legends Hall Of Fame" in 2016.