Bobby Long In San Francisco For One Night Only!

Singer/Songwriter Bobby Long will be embarking on his first major U.S. tour starting on July 26th in N.Y. City. Bobby first came to national attention for co-writing "Let Me Sign" for the film "Twilight". Although Bobby Long became known due to the movie's success, his music speaks for itself and is winning new fans all over the world.

Bobby has recently topped the ITUNESCharts with his 1st single "Left to Lie" which charted at number 8. Bobby Long played a three city sold out tour of taste maker shows in April this year, during which he recorded his new single "Being A Mockingbird" at Arlene's Grocery in NYC. Check out his my space page at www.myspace.com/musicbobbylong.

His San Francisco show is expected to sell out, so buy now or get there very early!

Bobby will be playing San Francisco on Friday August 7,8:00 p.m. at the Elbo Room 647 Valencia st,San Francisco, CA 94110 Pre-Sale Tickets are $12

Pre-sale tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/63886*

Tickets will be $15 at the door.No one under 21 will be admitted

Source: sfweekly

"Hey, Bobby, We Like Your Music!"

Radar Online recently spoke with Bobby Long, co-writer of the now infamous 'Let Me Sign' sung by pal Robert Pattinson on the Twilight iTunes soundtrack. The following is a brief exerpt of that exclusive interview.

Feeling the pressure of fame, Rob has been talking recently how he much the attention has changed his life, but Bobby doesn't seem to have that problem yet. "It hasn't changed a lot for me on a day to day basis, I'm still the same person and I don't get recognized, but people come to my shows and as a musician it's really nice to know to know when you play a show people out there are going to know your songs and recognize you as a musician, that's as much as you can really ask for I think." As for how the group of friends deal with the fame Bobby says, "I've always looked at stuff in a positive way; I find things funny, it's better than a kick in the teeth isn't it? I'd rather have somebody walking up to me and saying I like your music rather than somebody walking up to you and smacking you in the face." Bobby, we can't imagine anyone would want to smack you in the face!

Fans of Let Me Sign might be surprised to know that Bobby doesn't play that song. "I never ever played that song. I played it before with Marcus, the guy I wrote it with and we gave it to Rob, but since then I haven't played it. A real cool thing that has happened since then is people know my other songs and I've never, ever been asked to play that song. So I just play my own stuff." Bobby has a lot of new songs, and even a new favorite song. "I think my favorite is a new song that I wrote today, it's a love song called Cold, Cold Loving. It's always the case that the last song you write is your favorite song; it's like having a new child. I've got two little sisters; I was shunned at the door as soon as my sisters were brought home. The last song you write is the one you love, I love Cold, Cold Loving, it's the freshest one." RadarOnline.com was curious if this was a song based on his personal experience and who was giving him cold, cold love but with typical British dry wit, Bobby says that he doesn't want to share why he writes what he writes. "I think the best thing is to leave the interpretation of the song to the listener. Then it is personal for them. If I was going around telling people about my songs I think it would get quite boring for them."

There is much more to the interview which you can read HERE. And be sure to stop by Bobby's MySpace page to listen to his music as well as visit iTunes to download & gift 'Left to Lie' and 'Being a Mockingbird' Live.

Bobby Long hits 20K Plays and the Day is Not Yet Dead and Done

Bobby Long hit 20K plays on MySpace so far today!

Hailed as a talented songwriter and captivating storyteller, Bobby weaves life into a tapestry of tales filled with springboards of emotion as he paints vibrant and colorful pictures for the listener with his soulful folk and acoustic roots.

He is the co-writer of "Let Me Sign" - a song co-written by Marcus Foster and recorded by Robert Pattinson for the Twilight Soundtrack.

His single "Left to Lie" recently climbed to the #8 spot on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Charts in Britain, beating out Hallelujah.

Bobby has been holding down the #2 spot under the Unsigned Folk Artist category on MySpace in the U.S. and he's currently in the #1 spot in the U.K.

His next single "Being A Mockingbird" - the live version taped at Arlene's Grocery, in New York, during his tour in April - will be available for digital download the first week of June.

For updates and to listen to his music visit his MySpace Page at www.myspace.com/musicbobbylong.

Bobby Long talks music & American fans with Dossier

Influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, The Band and especially Elliot Smith, the talent’s first single, “Left to Lie,” blends uncanny wisdom and youthful uncertainty in a poignant reflection on death:

“I didn’t mean to write a depressing song about death it just kind of came out that way. And only afterwards, analyzing it, it was like that. But I think it’s just life really you know. Death is kind of like a vehicle; sort of a way of explaining other things.”

Last week, Long presented his acoustic melodies to his first New York audience. After playing two sold-out shows, one at Lakeside Lounge and the other at the iconic Arlene’s Grocery (think the Strokes, REM and Jeff Buckley), Long admits he was happily overwhelmed by the American enthusiasm.

“The English are quite reserved, but over here people just come up to you and they’ll say ‘Hey! Can we have a photo?’ and I’ll go ‘Yeah sure.’ And it’s like I’m being grabbed out of the way and people are being sick and passing out. But it’s hard to get your head around. I mean, there were people from Philadelphia at the show yesterday; they traveled all the way from Philadelphia. And in London, they’re traveling from Germany and all these kind of places and that’s just hard to get into your head, that people come down to see your show.”
And while he’s humbly grateful for his fans’ support, Long stresses that he wants to be known solely for his music.

“All I want to do at the end of the day really is just write a song and play it. I’ll do an album, I want to be a musician but it’s a whole other world to what it is in my bedroom.”

For more of Dossier's great interview visit them HERE.

Blast Exclusive on Bobby Long

Well, here is one of the first of many articles to surface on Bobby's US performances. He has been doing press nonstop, so we'll soon see several more great interviews and surely some amazing reviews of tonight's show at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood.

Anyone can hear the talent and potential of Bobby Long on his MySpace or his iTunes single “Left to Lie,” but there is no way to fully understand how far this boy will go until seeing him perform live. There’s something about his humble, apologetic humor that endears him to audiences, and something about the honesty and vulnerability of his music that captivates and moves them as well. The contrast in the two makes for an absolutely great performance. One minute the audience is giggling in response to Bobby’s impression of Justin Timberlake (his version of “Cry Me a River” may or may not have been better than the original) and then next they are completely silenced by the haunting lyrics of a new song.

Long has been receiving a lot of attention lately, in part due to the release of his first single, “Left to Lie,” on iTunes. The first day the song was out, it climbed the charts. “It was really cool. It went up to No. 8 on the Folk chart which was really great because it didn’t have any advertising at all, just word of mouth, really. Just being up on that list with all these incredibly famous folk musicians — not like lightly famous — but these incredibly famous folk musicians and having my name there as well was just really, really good feeling. Really unbelievable though, as well.”

Please visit Blast to read more of their great interview with Bobby.

Bobby Long's New Single Topping the Charts

Twilight Examiner, Amanda Bell, brings to our attention that Bobby Long's 'Left to Lie' is an instant hit on iTunes. He released the single just days ago and it's already hit #8 on the Singer/Songwriter charts. That is so amazing and absolutely well-deserved! Hopefully, we'll see it continue to skyrocket as his popularity grows with his upcoming American Tour. Stop by the Examiner to read the rest and catch up on the terrific interviews Amanda's done with Bobby, Marcus Foster & Sam Bradley, all of Twilight soundtrack fame.

Bonus: Bobby's interview with GossipsGirls.com. Such a humble young man!

Bobby Long on iTunes

This just in from Bobby Long's MySpace page:

LEFT TO LIE on Itunes
Left To Lie is now availible on Itunes and is my first ever release.
It was recorded in my bedroom with Jan Blumentrath Producing it with an old mic and Jans German humour. The Mic broke soon after and Jans humour has never returned.
Buy it and give it to your friends.
I hope you like it, i do.
Take Care,
Bobby

This is excellent news, Thanks, Bobby!

P.S. Don't forget to stop by his page and friend him. You won't regret it!