bob eike

Sure, it’s been a while, but Bob Eike has resurfaced gloriously, “after going around the world a few times and experiencing a few things,” with a collection of songs with no commonality other than, well, Bob…entitled “Sometime/You Know.”

“Sometimes/You Know” offers, as Bob puts it, “some guitar musings, some songs with words of wisdom, some with just words, that really are aren’t that wise at all.” 

It’s hard to believe that it has been a decade since Bob Eike’s last Soul Stew Records release, “Happy Little Songs About Futility and Despair,” but patience is, indeed, a virtue and good things do come to those who wait!

From the opening notes of Bob beckoning us to join him in “My Parade” to the syncopated blues of “Circling the Drain” to the tsunami of the last notes of “The New Lowdown,” the 15 songs on “Sometimes/You Know” are an acoustic party and y’all are all invited.

“Sometimes/You Know” was recorded live, with no overdubs, at Rainshadow Studio in Port Townsend, WA, engineered by Conor Sisk and mixed by Victor Sanders, at Lakeside Media in Chicago IL. Hats off to the fine guitars from Travis D. Wade, Ft. Worth, Texas. 

Bob Eike grew up in Texas and is a self-taught guitar player. Throughout his youth, he had a passion for Blues and Americana music. His musical talents gained him recognition by ‘Guitar Player’ magazine, featuring him as “an undiscovered great.” He has performed in venues and at festivals throughout the country, including sharing the stage with such notable icons as B.B. King, Johnny Winter, John Hammond, Jr., Taj Mahal, Townes Van Zandt, John Lee Hooker, Lyle Lovett, Leo Kotke and Sonny Landreth. While in California, Bob had the opportunity to work on recording projects with artists such as Billy Thompson and Dr. John.