Bob Wiseman

Jimmy Fallon imitating Bruce Springsteen singing Santa Claus is coming to town substituting new lyrics Robert Mueller’s coming to town – which isn’t a bad joke. The bad joke is […]

Used to drive on the left and faster than the pack but experience altered me. Now the slow lane, no guarantee but better odds for longevity. Hard to not play […]

Yesterday coconut chick pea  improvisation, worth it.  Later added bass to Katasha’s song, trying to do Vulcan mind meld with Kendrick Lamar production values, so far it is easier in […]

First musical gear stolen was after a show at the Holiday Tavern. A bag of pedals and patch chords. There was a group of tough guys who used to do […]

On the back of an album of music by Beethoven, read when the piece was first performed he had to do an encore of it, meaning the whole 40 minute […]

I got her off script for just one moment. Can you please not play the horrible music while I’m on hold? She laughed and said no music? Yes I’m a […]

Six years ago I was asked to play at a benefit for Japan following the earthquake and tsunami and later asked if I would accompany Margaret Atwood reading a poem. […]

Student: I’m going to see Star Wars tomorrow, #8 return of the Jedi, I haven’t seen this but I know everything about Star Wars.   Teacher: You know Akira Kurosawa? […]

In the improvising world you work at listening (which changes what passes for thought). The extent to which you continue thinking is proportional to what is accomplished musically. That probably […]

Sometimes I’m totally distracted by someone in the audience. Sometimes it’s tempting to do certain flourishes that audiences like even if I don’t. Sometimes I thought it was great but […]