Robert Bob Mcgowan

Robert John McGowan was born in Ryde, Sydney, on March 7, 1945 Bob joined The Original Battersea Heroes, founded in 1963 by Martin James, which featured Terry Darmody on harmonica and vocals, Once Tony Burkys joined, the OBH it began to change from a jug band to a more mainstream rock band, but it still had a decidedly quirky edge. OBH cut an album in 1971 . In 1973, Bob, with Burkys and Darmody and a fresh rhythm section of John Taylor (bass) and Warwick Kennington (drums) embarked on a new venture, Uncle Bob’s Band. To enhance the accent on swing, the band would recruit saxophonist Keith Shadwick, formerly with Sun, a few months after forming. In 2003, he recorded his solo album Finger Pickin’ Good with fellow musician Nick Timms.In 2008 he recorded Uncle Bob’s Band Unfinished Business album . In May 2015 Bob was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis ,he recorded two tracks written or co-written by him for the final Uncle Bob’s Band album, Now and Then