Artist: Bob Davoli
Hometown: Lincoln, Massachusetts
Latest Album: Wistfully Yours
Nickname: Bob Davoli Band
What was the first moment that you knew you wanted to be a musician?
When I first heard Dylan’s first album in 1962. However, I never wrote my first song until I was nearly sixty. I guess life got in the way!
Which elements of nature do you spend the most time with and how do those impact your work?
I live by the sea for six months; its rhythms and beauty influence my writing and music. The other six I live in the woods, on a pond, which influences my writing and music as well.
What other art forms influence your music?
Film, plays and painting have influenced my writing. For example, I use the lines “alone and lonely as Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks; “Rear Window Waltz” is from Hitchcock’s film, Rear Window; from John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy, I use the phrase “just like Ratso in Midnight Cowboy”; and I reference twenty-five Eugene O’Neill plays in my song “Ode to Eugene O’Neill.”
What’s your favorite memory from being on stage?
Playing at a community center with my great bandmates, and the audience loving the set.
If you had to write a mission statement for your career, what would it be?
Write from my heart, follow my muse to the truth and be forever curious!
Photo credit: Lynn DeLisi
