After spending 5 years as a floor singer around the many folk clubs in the North East of England as well as being a resident singer at the famous Davylamp Folk Club in Washington, Bob Fox met fellow North Easterner Tom McConville and his career as a professional folk singer/musician began.
Very much looking forward to having Bob back at the club after too long an interval, and to hear him singing from his amazing repertoire along with his gentle Geordie humour.
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In 2000 Bob celebrated 25 years of singing folk songs professionally with a number of tours both in the UK and abroad, starting with an appearance as ‘special guest’ on the Fairport Convention tour and continuing with folk club tours in Britain, Holland and Canada and he recorded his first ever solo CD “DREAMS NEVER LEAVE YOU” with various members of FAIRPORT playing on it.
The CD delighted both the folk press and BOB’s growing legion of fans, he also performed an impressive set at the CROPREDY FESTIVAL in August 2000.
”Here’s the tender coming” from “DARK TO THE SKY” nominated Best Traditional Track and Bob nominated Best Folk Singer in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2003.
Bob’s busy schedule included extensive tours in the UK, a third US tour, a return to Australia to perform at the National Festival in Canberra and Fairbridge Festival in W.A. and continued with appearances at some of the most prestigious Folk Festivals in England throughout the Spring and Summer.
Bob was enjoying great popularity as a solo artist and having much fun touring as a duo with Billy Mitchell. The new “Pitmen Poets” were all set to take the scene by storm when a meeting with John Tams changed his life completely!
In 2006 Bob was invited to join an elite group of folk singers, writers and musicians to record 6 new Radio Ballads commissioned by the BBC and produced and recorded by John Tams and John Leonard.
Bob was doing a solo gig at The Spanker Inn, Nether Heage (Tam’s home village) 1st July 2011 and John arrived at the gig late and they chatted on long after the gig was over during which time John suggested that Bob would be an ideal “Songman” in the National Theatre’s production of WarHorse in the West End.
3 months later Bob was rehearsing in London with the new cast and travelling up and down to the North to fulfil Pitmen Poets gigs. He opened in the New London Theatre as “Songman” in October 2011!!
