Bob Log III

One Man Blues Trash, USA

Bob Log III

“Hello, I’m Bob Log the Third, and this is my guitar!” The man in the helmet is back on tour in Europe, and his “shit” is—as you’d expect—still perfect! Generations of young musicians and hundreds of one-man bands have tried to sound like him, and even Tom Waits wants to be just like him. The granddaddy of all one-man bands, the incomparable slide guitarist of all time with his irresistible Delta Blues trash. Crunchy, bluesy, sometimes even a bit of rockabilly in the style of AC/DC and techno beats. Always well-dressed in a tailor-made, skin-tight suit, the kind worn by men who perform as human cannonballs in stunt shows. His vocals, always with a distorted undertone, are sung through a telephone receiver built into his helmet—and the tempo is always cranked up. That’s how Bob Log III powers through his songs with a bass drum, his archtop guitar, clattering percussion sounds, and unmistakable charm. He sounds like an entire band with two drummers and three guitarists.