Bobby Cash

Bobby Cash
Bobby Cash in 2014
Background information
Birth name Bal Kishore Das Loiwal
Born (1961-02-13) February 13, 1961
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Origin New Delhi, India
Genres Country, Pop, Gospel, Indian Pop
Occupation(s) Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Composer
Instruments Vocals, Guitar
Years active 1995 - Present
Labels Magnasound, Archies Music, Universal Music (India), Gobsmacked Television, Gobsmacked Music
Associated acts Lawrie Minson
Website www.bobbycash.org

Bobby Cash (born 13 February 1961) is an Indian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist[10]and composer[11] who lives in Clement Town, a suburb of Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand.[14] He is praised by media for being India's first international country music artist who has charted singles in Australia,[25]and also for being the only Indian country music artist to be featured in a documentary film,The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion, aired on ABC Television (Australia) in January 2004 and on Discovery channel in India in June 2004.[35]He is known as "The Indian Cowboy, one in a billion" by media.[36]

Early life

Bobby Cash grew up in Clement Town, Dehradun. An aunt of his, who lived in Nashville, Tennessee, regularly sent the latest country music releases of the time to Bobby's mother. This was the music he grew up listening to and which he loved so much that he taught himself to play the guitar and sing those songs.[37] Because of the dearth of other country music style genre musicians, he developed his own guitar style that encompassed playing bass lines, rhythm, finger-picking and lead to give a unique sound.[38] While in Dehradun, Bobby Cash gave music lessons[41]and occasionally performed for the armed forces.[42] It was only in 1995, after his father passed away, that he moved to New Delhi to pursue a career as a solo musical artist.[44]

Career

Early music career (1995–2002)

Bobby Cash's career began performing in New Delhi, at the popular hot spot, Rodeo.[50] While in New Delhi, he briefly dabbled in Indian pop music. In 1996, he recorded his first Indian pop album Yeh Pyaar Hai under the Magnasound (India) label with Indian pop director and producer, Jawahar Wattal. This was followed by a guitar instrumental the same year called Film Hits on Guitar[54]In 1998, Bobby Cash recorded Ruk Ja Baby with Archies Music.[55] Indian pop, however, could not capture Bobby's heart and he returned to his first love, country music.[56]

2003–present

A chance meeting with Australian film producer, Colin Bromley while in New Delhi, resulted in Bobby Cash being invited to the Tamworth Country Music Festival in New South Wales, Australia. Having heard him sing, and being impressed by his musicianship, Bromley, producer/director of Sydney-based television production house, Gobsmacked and Gerry O'Leary, Gobsmacked's head of production, decided to make a film on Bobby Cash performing in the Festival and see what happened there. Thus, in January 2003, Bobby Cash went to perform in the Tamworth Country Music Festival.[64]An unknown, Bobby Cash struck a chord with the country music lovers there and grabbed the attention of the media.[65] A local wealthy farmer, Roy Eykamp, came forward and offered to finance Bobby Cash's debut country music album[67]What happened at the Festival, and Bobby Cash rising from being an unknown to celebrity status became the subject of Bromley's documentary film, The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion.[68]

Bobby Cash recorded his debut album, Cowboy at Heart, with some of the cream of the Australian music industry. Produced by Golden Guitar winner, Lawrie Minson, the album also featured duets with Smoky Dawson and Tania Kernaghan.[72]

In June 2005, Bobby Cash's music was recognized in the United States by the Country Music Association, Nashville, Tennessee.

India is listed on the country music world map as one of the foreign territories outside the United States with a country music culture and Bobby Cash was invited as one of CMA's nominees for Global Artist of the Year Award given in recognition for furthering of country music in a territory other than the United States. While he did not win the Award, Bobby Cash's performance at The Stage On Broadway did lead to a standing ovation led by the then chief of CMA, Ed Benson.[77]

The same year, heading back to Australia, he proceeded to record his second album, Phoenix to El Paso, a collection of cover versions of crowd favorites.[83] In 2006, he recorded a third album, State of My Heart.[86] Both albums, Cowboy at Heart and State of My Heart had several tracks from them making it to the Top Ten Australian country music charts. In August 2014, his music single 'Ashiyaan' was published by Songdew[87]

Bobby Cash toured and played extensively in Australia for a number of years.[88] Currently, he tours mostly in India playing and promoting country music.[90]

Personal life

Bobby Cash lives with his wife Angelina and two children, Saira and Ricky, in Clement Town, Dehradun, India.[91]

Discography

Hindi-Pop Albums (India)

Yeh Pyaar Hai (Magnasound, 1996)

Film Hits On Guitar (Magnasound, 1996)

Ruk Ja Baby (Archies Music, 1998)

Country Music Albums (Australia)

Cowboy at Heart (Gobsmacked Television, Australia, 2003 & Universal Music, India, 2004)

Phoenix to El Paso (Gobsmacked Music, Australia, 2004)

State of My Heart (Gobsmacked Music, 2006)

Singles

World Beneath My Wings (from the album Light of Hope, Meat Pie Music(APRA), 2008)[92]

Documentary Film

The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion (2004)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Graham McDonald "Act bound to raise a country smile" The Canberra Times (Federal Press Group,Australian Capital Territory) Monday, February 9, 2004
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Alison Rehn "Hit-singing cowboy is an Indian" The Courier - Mail National News, Australia March 27, 2004
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Susan Kurosawa "Cash and curry" in The View The Australian(National newspaper, Australia) November 27 - December 3, 2003
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bobby Cash - the Indian Cowboy" The Queanbeyan Age, After hours (Federal Press Group, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia) Tuesday, 10 February 2004
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mike Safe December 13–14, 2003 "Cowboy & Indian" The Weekend Australian Magazine Page 30
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 November 2004 Interview : "Cowboy Indian" New Idea Magazine (Women's magazine,Pacific Magazines, Australia)
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Indian Cowboy: One in a Billion" Who, First With Celebrity News (Australia) January 26, 2004
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rama Gaind "Happy trails put an Indian" Panorama Saturday, January 24, 2004
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Odd Spot" The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) November 30, 2003
  10. ↑ [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
  11. ↑ Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew "The Indian cowboy...one in a billion" The New Indian Express (Bengaluru, India) 19 August 2009 Retrieved Wednesday, April 20, 2016
  12. 1 2 3 Life & Time magazine team 2008 "The Indian Cowboy" in Achievers Life & Time Magazine Issue no. 2, pages 10,11
  13. 1 2 3 4 Susan Jarvis Capital News-May 2006 "The Global cowboy" Country Music Capital News "(Australia) Vol. 31, No. 5
  14. ↑ [5][1][12][13]
  15. 1 2 Aditya Chatterjee & Prajjal Saha "Discover Krishna's Dwarka through Discovery" agency faqs! June 22, 2004
  16. 1 2 Kasmin Fernandes "The Indian Cowboy" Asian Age, You (Mumbai, India) 22 June 2004 Pages 1,20
  17. 1 2 "Indian cowboy strikes it big Down Under" Times of India, Entertainment (Mumbai, India) June 22, 2004
  18. ↑ Fairy Pardiwalla "Desi cowboy hits Australian music charts" Indian Express, (Edition : Mumbai, India) 17 June 2004
  19. ↑ "Discovery to showcase Indian cowboy" Tribune News Service (New Delhi, India) June 21, 2004
  20. 1 2 Sandeep Ashar "One in a billion Desi Cowboy, a rare jewel in India's music crown" Free Press Journal (Mumbai, India) 17 June 2004 Pages 11,13
  21. ↑ Bindu Shajan Perappadan "The success story of Indian cowboy" The Hindu,Life (India) Tuesday, June 22, 2004
  22. ↑ indiantelevision.com Team (Mumbai) http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/june/june151.htm "Discovery goes down country road in latest documentary" 17 June 2004
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Susan Jarvis December 2003 "One In A Billion" Country Music Capital News(Australia) Page 22,23
  24. ↑ Colin Bromley January–February 2005 "Out of India, Made in Australia - Bobby Cash" Indo-Australian Business, Movies (The Business Magazine for Indo-Australian Region) Vol 2, Issue 1,Pages 18-19
  25. ↑ [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][12][23][4][6][8][24][2][9]
  26. 1 2 http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/12250151 "The Indian cowboy (videorecording) one in a billion" Published (Australia) : Gobsmacked Television Pty Ltd Produced in association with the Australian Film Commission 2003, English, Video Edition
  27. 1 2 3 4 http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200401/highlights/222464.htm "ABC Television : Program Summary - The Indian Cowboy: One In A Billion" ABC T.V. (Australia) Thursday, January 22, 2004 at 10 p.m.
  28. 1 2 3 4 "Indian cowboy is a one in a billion" The Northern Daily Leader Festival Update (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) January 15, 2004 Page 5
  29. 1 2 3 Anna Rose (country music writer) "The lone cowboy in a billion" The Northern Daily Leader, Your Time Entertainment Guide (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) Thursday, January 8, 2004 Page 16
  30. 1 2 3 4 "Cowboy down a country road" Panorama Upfront(Australia) Saturday, January 24, 2004 Page 5
  31. 1 2 3 Scott Jenkins "A country boy at heart", "Tamworthy" The Daily Telegraph(Seven Days) (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Thursday,January 22, 2004
  32. 1 2 3 4 <Michael Shmith "When Delhi meets Tamworth" (preview - The Indian Cowboy: One in a Billion) The Age Thursday, January 22, 2004 Page 20
  33. 1 2 Brian Courtis January 18–24, 2004 Review of "The Indian Cowboy: One In A Billion" ABC, 10pm The Sun-Herald Television Magazine, Critics choice (Australia)
  34. 1 2 Bernard Zuel (pay tv) "The Indian Cowboy" The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Thursday, January 22, 2004
  35. ↑ [26][27][15][23][28][29][5][1][3][30] [7][31][32][33][9][34]
  36. ↑ [6][4][23][3][28][29][2][31][20]
  37. ↑ [5][23][1][4][6][8][3][31]
  38. ↑ [5][23][8]
  39. ↑ "Leisure" Indian Express Tuesday, July 23, 1996
  40. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hoihnu Hauzel Graphiti 2006 "Outback king" Graphiti, People, Profile (India) Page 10, 11
  41. ↑ [39][40]
  42. ↑ Suanshu Khurana, Suanshu Khurana "The Bobby Cash Show" www.indianexpress.com (National newspaper, India) Friday, april 20 2012
  43. ↑ Nikita Singh "Cash Account", Country Boy Times Of Chandigarh, Chandigarh is talking about Sunday, December 12, 2004
  44. ↑ [40][43][4][3]
  45. ↑ Nasia Bakshi "A few good friends" Express Newsline (New Delhi,India) Tuesday, August 8, 2000
  46. 1 2 3 Hoihnu Hauzel "Cashing in on many influences" Asian Age, Music Watch (India) January 25, 1999
  47. 1 2 "Cash-ing On Music" Delhi Times, The Times Of India, Music Friday, January 22, 1999 Page 4
  48. ↑ Meenakshi Kumar "Cowboy At Heart : Bobby Unplugged" Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India) Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Page 2
  49. 1 2 Jeevan P. Sharma "I was born to sing" Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India) Friday, January 15, 1999
  50. ↑ [45][46][47][48][49][40]
  51. ↑ Ashok P. Misra "Proud to be an Indian" Garhwal Post (Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India) June 6–12, 2004 Page 7
  52. 1 2 3 HT City, Around Town (India) Sunday, 30 April 2000
  53. ↑ PKJ "Desi Cowboy" HT Lucknow Live(India) Sunday, December 8, 2002
  54. ↑ .[49][46][51][52][53][8]
  55. ↑ [52][46][8]
  56. ↑ [47][52][8]
  57. 1 2 "Indian Cowboy Excels In Tamworth" Bharat Times, Local News, (Australia) February 2003 Page 11
  58. ↑ Anna Rose "Bobby Cash the Indian who wants to be a cowboy" The Northern Daily Leader (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) Friday, September 6, 2002
  59. 1 2 3 Deborah Minter December 2003 "Cowboy at Heart" Country Music Capital News, Sound Advice, Album Reviews (Australia) Page 52
  60. 1 2 3 4 Anna Rose (Country Music Writer) "Bobby Cash back in town for Hats Off" The Northern Daily Leader (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) Saturday,June 7, 2003 Page 3
  61. 1 2 "The Indian Cowboy: One in a Billion" The Sunday Telegraph, T.V. Guide, the very best television this week (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) January 18–24, 2004 Page 4
  62. 1 2 3 Peter Holder, Jo Casamento and Naomi Toy "Sydney Confidential, Murmurs" The Daily Telegraph (Australia) January 4, 2003
  63. 1 2 sacha molitorisz tv previews : "The Indian Cowboy: One in a Billion" The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) January 19–25, 2004 (thursday, january 22) the guide, page 16
  64. ↑ [57][58][59][60][61][7][5][2][62][9][32][63][27]
  65. ↑ [27][8][59][5][30][60][2][63][9][23]
  66. ↑ Anna Rose "Anna's Country Music Notes" The Northern Daily Leader", (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) Saturday, May 24, 2003
  67. ↑ [34][32][9][57][62][23][6][3][8][7][66]
  68. ↑ [23][3][60][7][33][61][9][62][32][8][30][28][27][26]
  69. ↑ "Cowboy to sing Indian National Anthem at SCG" "First Cricket, now Country" "Music set to connect India, Australia" Bharat times, Local News (Australia) December 2003 Page 2
  70. ↑ Peter Holder, Naomi Toy and Fiona Connoly "Sydney Confidential" The Daily Telegraph (Australia) Tuesday, May 20, 2003
  71. ↑ "Bobby Cash Press Release" 7 November 2003
  72. ↑ [30][29] [60][9][23][59][28][16][69][70][71]
  73. 1 2 http://www.zeenews.india.com/entertainment "Country music spreading among kids in India : Bobby Cash" Friday, June 1, 2012
  74. ↑ "Strong Slate of International Candidates Vie For Third Annual CMA Global Country Artist Award" Top 40 - Charts.com, Charts/Awards (Nashville (TN), CMA) January 20, 2005
  75. ↑ http://www.wideopencountry.com "9 Foreign Countries with Country Music Culture"
  76. ↑ Nate Rabe http://www.scroll.in "Swing to the country music of Bobby Cash, the Indian Cowboy from Dehradun" www.scroll.in Sunday Sounds August 17, 2014
  77. ↑ [73][74][13][40][75][76]
  78. ↑ Jeevanjot Kumedan "Cashing in on the Country Call" HT City (India) Sunday, 12 December 2004
  79. ↑ Nikita Singh "Cash Account", Country Boy Times Of Chandigarh, Chadigarh is talking about Sunday, December 12, 2004
  80. ↑ S.D. Sharma "Bobby Cash performs at St. Xavier's School" Chandigarh Tribune, Lifestyle Sunday, December 12, 2004
  81. ↑ Hilary Black December 2004 "Capital News" Country Music Capital News (Australia) Vol. 29, No. 12
  82. ↑ http://www.countryragepage%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D Tamworth Rage Page NSW, Australia
  83. ↑ [13][78][79][80][81][82]
  84. ↑ http://www.countryragepage.com "State of my Heart - News Release" Tamworth Rage Page May 22, 2006
  85. ↑ http://shop.abc.net.au State of my Heart/Music CD/ABC Shop
  86. ↑ [13][84][85]
  87. ↑ "'Ashiyaan' music single on Songdew". Songdew. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  88. ↑ [40][17]
  89. 1 2 "Bobby Cash receives honorary Doctoral Degree in Music" Garhwal Post July 6, 2014
  90. ↑ [73][89]
  91. ↑ [89][40][12]
  92. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com "Light of Hope" by Various Artists (Music CD) "The World Beneath My Wings", (Artist - Bobby Cash) Released : 04 July 2008 Meat Pie Music (APRA)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.