Bobby Pizazz

Published: 4/14/2009

Free Celebration Marks Robert Johnson Birthday Celebration

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI  - It’s his birthday but the party is for you! The Robert Johnson Blues Foundation announced the  annual birthday celebration honoring the birth of Robert Johnson will be free.this year. According to Foundation vice president, Steven Johnson, “My father and family decided that in light of our nation’s economic situation, we would provide a free, family day for all of those wishing to honor my grandfather’s memory.”  The event, is scheduled for Saturday  May 9, 2009  from 2-7 p.m. in Crystal Springs at the Chautauqua Park,

The unique event  is the only event sanctioned by and benefiting the Robert Johnson Foundation, organized and run by the descendants of the legendary musician.  The festival will feature several nationally recognized artists including Stevie J Blues Eruption, Mo Thomas, the Straitway Ministries Choir, and other special guests.  Also featured will be a special legacy tribute to Robert Johnson featuring his grandson Seven and Gabriel Lambrith, the 2008 New Generation winner.

An additional highlight of the festival will be the awarding of the 2009  Gibson - Robert Johnson Blues Foundation New Generation Award.  This award  recognizes the year’s most promising young , blues musician between the ages of 12-18.

Food vendors and games for the children will also be on hand to make the party a fun family day.

For more information about the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation,  the Spring Festival, Generation please visit www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org

Sponsors of the festival include SESAC, the Gibson Guitar Foundation,Copiah Bank, Kitchens Law Firm and Tillmans.

Bobby Pizazz

Nashville singer/songwriter Bobby Pizazz and his band, RhythmTrain, offer a variety of original tunage, with writing influences as varied as Hank Williams, Jim Croce and Earth Wind & Fire.

Says Bobby, “I have song in my soul, I have a story that that must be told. As I write these songs I tell of life, and if you listen close, you will see, that this is not just my song, but ours in joy and strife. I’m a Music Story Teller a Song Man.”

Bobby Pizazz, a life-long entertainer, made appearances on the nostalgic TNN (Nashville Network)  performing his self-penned favorite “Lost, Lonely, Feelin’ Blue”

Robert Pizazz Interview On TNN American Magazine

The second of five children, Bobby Joe was born on December 3, 1951, in Flint, Michigan and earned his nickname after ad-libbing a song as a cheesy wedding gift, after his wallet was stolen and he had no other offering for the newlyweds. Interested in music since he was old enough to sneak his sibling’s transistor radios out to the garage to listen to what he wanted, Pizzaz mowed lawns at a Propane gas bottling plant in Flint, at age 9, just to earn enough money to buy his first guitar.

Songwriter Night at 12th & Porter Nashville TN

Singing since age 6, he continued to perform locally, until he was drafted to serve during Vietnam era 1970. After the service Bobby returned home, he traveled the country during his minstrel man phase, performing gospel in Shreveport LA, and Top-40 in South Dakota , Bluezy Pop in San Francisco and Michigan. In 1984, Pizazz and family moved to Nashville, and before the bags were unpacked, he had landed a role as an extra in the Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams (where he spent most of his off-camera time staring at Jessica Lange).

In 1988, he worked on the production of several Voice of America special projects. In May 1991, his career came to an abrupt stop when a backstage mishap left him with a broken neck. 15 years later, he began to perform live shows again and is currently recording a new CD with the help of old friends, including Mel Torme’s legendary horn player Sherm Mitchell.

Bobby’s Video

Time is Running Out