McIntosh performed session guitar work for many artists throughout his career including Winter Mountain, Aynsley Lister, Kevin Ayers, Boyzone, Cher, Diane Tell, Eric Bibb, George Martin, Gordon Haskell, Heather Small, Joe Cocker, Daryl Hall, John Mayer, Kirsty McColl, Luz Casal, Mike + The Mechanics, Nine Below Zero, Paul Carrack, Paul Young, Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Roger Daltrey, Russell Watson, Mark Hollis, Talk Talk, Tasmin Archer, Tears for Fears, Eros Ramazzotti, Thea Gilmore, Tina Arena, Tori Amos, Vin Garbutt, and Norah Jones.

McIntosh was born in Sutton, Surrey, and started playing the guitar at the age of ten, picking out things from any records listened to at the time.

His father owned records by jazz artists such as Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt and Louis Armstrong and his mother played piano.

His two older sisters introduced him to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Spencer Davis Group and Jimi Hendrix.

The other band members Paul Eager, Russell Ayles and Graham Mincher had all left school and he used to rehearse on Sunday afternoons with them at the local works canteen.

McIntosh formed a jam band to play the local pub circuit called "Dean Martin's Dog" along with Malcolm Foster, Mick Clews, Jez Wire, Rupert Black and Mike Dudley.

So I grabbed Paul Beavis, Pino Palladino, Mark Feltham and Melvin Duffy to form The Robbie McIntosh Band in 1998.

We did some gigs and recorded Emotional Bends as a debut album.” Earlier instrumentals became the basis of a second album Unsung inspired by Douglas Adams.

This album has contributions by Paul Beavis, Stephen Darrell Smith, Mark Feltham, Pino Palladino, Steven Wilson, Jess Upton and Peter Hope-Evans.

In June 2021 Robbie released another album of songs called Seaworld, featuring Stephen Darrell Smith on keyboards, Paul Beavis on drums, Steve Wilson on bass, Jody Linscott on percussion and Peter Hope Evans on harmonica.

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