Bob Semanchik has been a performing musician since the age of 15. He gigged his way through music school and ended up in the popular New Haven, CT, band “The Crayons” in the early 1980’s. The Crayons were one of CT’s most popular bands, playing a mix of originals and covers of the time.

He was influenced as a young player by Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. More recent additions to his list include Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, Django Reinhart and Kenny Burrell.

Over the past nine years, Bob has been a member of the Bales Gitlin Band, a band that has been working together for over 20 years. It was partly through the association with the Bales Gitlin Band and the fantastic jazz musicians featured in the band that Bob acquired a taste for jazz guitar and especially jazz chord melody guitar.

Over the past eight years, Bob has been performing solo jazz guitar for cocktail parties, weddings, and ceremonies at all the popular wedding establishments in CT and the surrounding area.

Some of you may remember seeing Bob play with Waterbury's Marty Q from 1997-2005.

Bob has now branched out on his own to also play clubs with a unique blend of acoustic/vocal, electric blues, classic rock and jazz guitar.

Bob Semanchik uses either powered JBL EON 10’s or Mackie SRM450’s for a state of the art, clean, clear sound. This compact and portable system can accommodate anything from very small to large rooms. All background music is courtesy of an Apple IPod. A CD player is also available for special requests.

Guitars include a Martin OO28 EC with a Baggs pickup and preamp, Fender and Gibson electrics, and a Godin nylon string. Instrument choice depends on individual situation.

Listen to tracks off of my new CD Standard Interpretations and purchase it here.

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