Bob Malone

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BOB MALONE

Called “a keyboard wizard” by The New Yorker, Bob Malone has amassed a loyal international fan-base through nearly 30 years of touring and nine critically acclaimed album releases. He played keyboards with John Fogerty for 12 years, and has been a session player for Ringo Starr and Avril Lavigne. His recording of “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” was the theme in the Illumination/ Universal movie trailers for “The Grinch,” heard by millions. Bob combines unforgettable songwriting with an eclectic hybrid of high-energy rock, uptown blues, melodic piano pop, New Orleans R&B, jazz chops and a voice all his own. His latest album is Good People.

Bob’s four touring bands are made up of all-star players from around the globe and include A-list session players in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, and Rome. Artists his bands have toured and recorded with include The Neville Brothers, Journey, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Cocker, Jerry Douglas, Gino Vannelli, Joe Sample, and Claudio Baglioni. Add to this the gospel-powered Malonettes background singers and it adds up to a high energy, eclectic hybrid of rock, blues, melodic piano pop, and New Orleans R&B, with a light dusting of jazz chops all around.

The Bob Malone Band plays worldwide, including sets at Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy), HB Town Music Festival (China) Glastonbury Music Festival (UK), The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival (UK), Long Beach Bayou Fest (US), Falcon Ridge Folk Fest (US), Beersel Blues Rock Festival (Belgium), Blue Mountains Music Fest (AU), and venues like Iridium (NYC), House Of Blues (New Orleans, Chicago), Wilshire-Ebell Theatre (Los Angeles), The 100 Club (London), Sellersville Theatre (PA), Biscuits & Blues (San Francisco), Crested Butte Center For The Arts (CO), and The Basement (Sydney).

The magic and energy of Bob’s band shows are captured in full on his Mojo Live album and DVD, captured live at the Grand Annex Theatre in Los Angeles.

When not touring with his band or with John Fogerty, Bob Malone brings his solo show to acoustic listening rooms, small theaters and house concerts around the world. Just Bob, a piano, a microphone and a stompbox, the show has the high energy impact of a full band performance combined with storytelling and pin-drop ballad singing in the best of the troubadour tradition.

Prestigious venues such as McCabe’s (Los Angeles), Walker Theatre at Clay Center for the Performing Arts (Charleston, WV), Dazzle Jazz (Denver, CO), Alberta Rose Theatre (Portland, OR), Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz, CA), The Duplex (NYC), Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans), The Bluebird Cafe (Nashville, TN), Caffe Lena (Saratoga, NY), Eddie’s Attic (Atlanta, GA), Towne Crier (Hudson, NY), Freight & Salvage (Berkeley, CA), The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI), The Barns at Wolf Trap (Washington, DC), and Club Passim (Boston, MA) have hosted his show. He has also brought his eclectic hybrid of rock, blues, melodic piano pop, jazz and New Orleans R&B to the concert spaces at Steinway Piano Galleries all over the United States.

Music Connection Magazine says of his solo live album, Malone Alone: “Fiery performances and on-mic asides reveal the masterful storyteller and musician at his most entertaining.

Bob Malone played with John Fogerty’s band for 12 years. From 2011 to 2023, he toured and recorded with the rock hall of famer and former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman, playing on the 2020 CD and DVD “My 50 Year Trip: Live From Red Rocks” as well as John’s 2012 album “Wrote A Song For Everyone.” Bob’s piano and organ were featured on John’s duets with Bob Seger, Miranda Lambert, and Keith Urban. In addition to appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Good Morning America and The View, Bob played with Fogerty at The Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Byron Bay Blues Festival (AU), the Netherlands’ mammoth Bospop Festival, and countless other arenas, theaters and festivals worldwide.

Bob Malone has been an in-demand session player and arranger for years. Highlights of the hundreds of recordings he’s played on include Ringo Starr’s Give More Love, John Fogerty’s Wrote A Song For Everyone (with Bob Seger, Keith Urban, and Miranda Lambert), The Bobs Rhapsody in Bob, and Mary Gauthier’s Drag Queens in Limousines.

Arranging credits include symphony orchestra scores for Voices of Classic Soul (ex-Temptations, Four Tops, Platters, Drifters) big band and strings for Avril Lavigne, instrumental tracks for Entertainment Tonight, The Rachel Ray Show and Dr. Phil. Bob co-wrote and arranged Jonny Blu’s Holiday for Two, which has been used in over a dozen TV holiday movies.