Inspired by The Beatles,he learned to play the guitar at age 11 and started his first band in the 8th grade.

He attended Ramapo High School, continued writing songs and playing in bands.

Bob received a publishing contract in 1969 at age 16 with Ren Maur Music for his song "Collapsing Corporation".

Later he would release several 45's by other artists on Twain records including Johnny Scottons "I'm Not Tired Yet" and the R&B cult classic "Rap On" by the Williams Brothers.

At age 19, armed with nothing little more than a letter of recommendation from one of his art teachers, he landed a job as A&R assistant to Peter K. Seigel at Polydor Records, NYC.

Both also recorded 64 singles and 7 albums for artists signed to Brown's production company People Records including Hank Ballard, Maceo Parker, Lyn Collins, Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson The J.B's, Charles Sherell, Fred Wesley and others.

Both left Brown in 1977, married Karen Cody and opened his own studio, Twain Recording, in West Milford, New Jersey.

He has done recordings for thousands of bands in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas such as Stephanie White & The Philth Harmonic, The Antics], The Insomniacs, Bonjee, The Disconnects, Crazy & The Brains, Mythology, Dan Sheehan Conspiracy, The Watch and many others.

Both worked closely with Harry Weinger of Polygram Records catalog development on the re-issue of many of James Browns classic seventies albums on CD throughout the 1990s.

In 1995 he also started teaching audio courses at William Paterson University Wayne,NJ.

2007 saw Bob once again reuniting with Fred Wesley to record "Funk For Your Ass" for Columbia Music.

Both has written articles on recording techniques for magazines including EQ, REP, Soundtrack, Pro Music and others.

He performs several times a month playing guitar in a classic rock band just for the fun of making music.

James Brown - The Payback - Double LP- Certified Gold Album & Single 8.