Bob Schneider's 2004 release is I'm Good Now, which, according to his very cool new web site, refers to being dead. (Read Virginia's review of I'm Good Now.) The single ?Come with Me Tonight? brought initial attention to the album with plenty of radio play. Following the amazing success of Lonelyland it seems clear that Bob Schneider has moved from the category of regional Austin musician to being a nationally known star.
In 1999, the Austin Music Award for Musician of the Year and Male Vocalist went to Scabs / Ugly Americans /Joe Rockhead lead vocalist Bob Schneider. In addition to albums from all the above mentioned groups currently selling, Schneider is also a solo act now, with a triple play of new albums starting with Songs Sung and Played on the Guitar.
Bob teamed up with Austin guitar great Mitch Watkins for Underneath the Onion Trees, an acoustic set of pieces much more laid back than anything he has done with the Scabs. This low key album is doing very well even with fans of Schneider's more raunchy work, which he now attributes to a youthful desire to be shocking and over the top.
Lonelyland (2001) is from another incredible collection of musicians - Bob Schneider, Bruce Hughes, David Boyle, Mike Longoria, and Stephen Bruton. Lonelyland is the album that sparked much of the current Bob Schneider buzz - that and his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to sing songs from the sound track of the Sandra Bullock flick Gun Shy.
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