Bob Liddle

Musician and Recording Artiste
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Bob Liddle is a musician from Kelso, Scottish Borders. His main instrument is 5-row Button Accordion but Bob also plays Highland Bagpipes, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Bass and Bohdran. Bob is a solo artiste who plays around the Scottish Borders and further afield at clubs, functions and weddings. The accordion Bob uses is midi-fitted and therefore he can cater for all types of music including Scottish, Country, MOR and Rock. Bob also plays in Kelso Pipe Band and Coldstream Pipe Band and is a regular attender at Kelso Accordion Club which meets every month in the Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso, and Kelso Folk Club, which meets every Friday night in the Cobbles Inn, Kelso. Bob has played the accordion since aged 9 and has played all over the UK and at various events in France and Spain. His albums are scattered throughout the world as far as Australia and New Zealand and several of Bob's compositions have featured on other well known Scottish Dance Band recordings and radio broadcasts.

 

 LATEST NEWS - Bob is now the proud owner of a Roland "V-Accordion" model FR7xb. This is a completely electronic accordion  but with bellows control and plays and feels just like an acoustic accordion. This instrument incorporates about 35 different accordions plus orchestral sounds and drums. The above photo shows Bob playing this box at the Roland V-Accordion Festival in Blackpool, May 2011. For further info go to www.roland.co.uk

 
 
"Softly Flows The Tweed"
is the new CD by Bob Liddle, released in November 2007 and currently achieving regular airplay on many Scottish radio stations. Go to "Albums" page for further details.
 
Listen to the first track on the album here!!
(You may have to have AOL Player to hear the tracks)
 
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The complete album was recorded in Bob's studio at Kelso, with everything being played and recorded solely by Bob. See the article opposite about "Cobby Recording Services" for details of the studio.
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GIGS
 
Available for any type of gig - party, small wedding, function, pubs and clubs. Bob will provide you with the music you want. If you want Scottish all night, fine, if you want party music all night, no problem, a mixture of both? again no problem. Contact Bob for details.
 

Bob is available for bookings for weddings, parties, clubs, pubs, and private functions. Also available as a piper for weddings and as a Guest Artiste at Accordion Clubs.  To enquire about availability etc. contact Bob via the "Contact" page.

 

 

COBBY RECORDING SERVICES

 

Cobby Recording Studios is actually a spare room in Bob's house. The studio consists of a Fostex 16-track digital recording unit recording direct to hard drive. The multi-track recording can then be mastered to digital stereo direct onto CD. Instruments and units used in the studio are;- Korg & Roland keyboards, Ketron XD3 and Korg i5 accordion expanders, Alesis drum unit, Alesis reverb, Digitech harmoniser, Shure & AKG mics, various acoustic and electric guitars + bass guitar, snare drum & bodhran.

 

 

Bob can also do midifile editing using the computer in the studio, running Cakewalk Pro. As well as carrying out his own recording projects Bob has also been asked to do other projects for local artistes, including the new version of the "Jethart Callant's Reel", recorded onto CD, which will be heard at this year's Jethart Festival. For any enquiries regarding recording or midi songfile editing contact Bob.