GUITAR
As a guitarist, Robbie has performed and/or recorded with:
TOM MORELLO (SSSC, Rage Against the Machine, The Nightwatchman)
SEAN LENNON and CHARLOTTE KEMP MUHL (GOASTT)
RICKIE LEE JONES
Various ZAPPA Alumni groups featuring:
CHAD WACKERMAN, RAY WHITE, ROBERT MARTIN, ALBERT WING, TOM FOWLER, SCOTT THUNES, DON PRESTON, NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK, ROY ESTRADA, TOM FOWLER, CHRIS GARCIA, JIMMY CARL BLACK, IKE WILLIS, ED MANN, ARTHUR BARROW, TOMMY MARS, BUNK GARDNER, DENNY WALLEY
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CIBO MATTO
MICHAEL LEONHART ORCH. with RANDY BRECKER, CHRIS POTTER, NELS CLINE, and DONNY MCCASLIN,ADAN JODOROWSKY
Chris Harford's BAND OF CHANGES featuring DEAN WEEN, SIM CAIN, and ANDREW WEISS
ED PALERMO BIG BAND
JULIE SLICK and ERIC SLICK (Paper Cat)
THE MIKE DILLON BAND
GODFREY DIAMOND (producer)
TIM KUHL (12090 A.D.)
JOE RUSSO (Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Further)
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MAHAVISHNU PROJECT featuring
GREGG BENDIAN, BRIAN MOONEY, and NEIL NAIL ALEXANDER
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SOUND OF URCHIN with producer ADAM SCHLESINGER
INVISIBLE FAMILIARS
SOPHIE AUSTER
OLD RUGGED SAUCE
BLANC DU BLANC
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FINAL FANTASY NEW WORLD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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1968: The Musical and more.
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Robbie has performed playing guitar on TV shows LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CONAN, the LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FURGUSON, FX Network's Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll & more.
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Robbie endorses ZT AMPS and KEELEY ELECTRONICS, and DUNLOP STRINGS. His main instruments are a modified Fender Stratocaster, a Gibson ES-335, 1960’s Silvertone hollowbody, and Kremona Classical guitar.
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-BACKGROUND-
At NYU, a new friend named Carl Restivo asked Robbie if he would play guitar in the studio to help record his band's album so Restivo could concentrate on vocals. Having mainly been a bassist thus far, this started Robbie’s guitar career and soon went on to lead guitar in the group. He later played bass in Frank Zappa tribute project (Project/Object) for a few shows, but was asked again if he could fill in on guitar to replace a keyboardist and Robbie agreed, leading him onto his first tour as a guitarist. After several tours with that band, Robbie was asked to join RCA recording artists The Sound of Urchin in which he recorded and toured for 6 years. He was asked to play lead guitar for the Zappa-alumni group, The Grandmothers of Invention featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock, Don Preston, Roy Estrada, and Tom Fowler. He later joined Sean Lennon’s group, The GOASTT, until the band took a hiatus. Robbie then toured in Banned from Utopia featuring Zappa-alumni Ray White, Albert Wing, Robert Martin, and Tom Fowler. Robbie then toured with Rickie Lee Jones in which he played guitar, bass, keyboard, and backing vocals.