Bob Pruitt (2)

Lead Singer / Slide Guitarist Bob Pruitt worked with numerous bands out of the Kansas City area. His band The Blues Demons used to play at the legendary Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City. Soon afterwards Bob became the blues jam host at Knuckleheads Saloon for 2 years. He has played shows with Willie Dixon, Big Walter Horton, Otis Spann, Vassar Clemons, Asleep at the Wheel, and John Lee Hooker. As the house engineer at Coast Recorders in San Francisco, he engineered studio recordings for artists like Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Scott Hamilton, and Tito Puente on the Concord Jazz label, as well as Chris Isaacs, Joe Satriani, and Edie Brickell. He has been the studio engineer or live sound mixer for hundreds of acts including Milt Jackson, REM, Albert Collins, Etta James, the Belairs, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, Beausoleil, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. The traditional swing music of Kansas City was an underlying influence onto which Bob added his love for the music of Robert Johnson, Johnny Winter, Little Feat and the R&B music of Muscle Shoals. Bob moved to San Diego in 2006 where he formed the Rhythm Jacks playing Rhythm and Blues for 7 years. He has worked as a slide guitarist with several of the area blues groups on gigs from LA to Mexico, and did 3 tours of England.