[2] He attended Aquinas College (Grand Rapids) and worked as a school teacher and as a statistician prior to moving to Kennebunkport, Maine.

Bob met other local musicians including roommate "Big" Al Walsh, Mig Little and Diana Torell and formed the band Squalls.

[4] Hay never stopped jamming with his friends and briefly performed with a project called the Yams who learned covers of songs in hopes of playing bars and fraternity parties.

Hay became fascinated with the works of Robert Burns, the 18th century Scottish bard, after a random comment which was made during a jam session.

"Special 5" in December 2007 and released a full length work called Waves on Cloud Recordings in October 2009.