Little Bob Explained

Little Bob
Birth Name:	Roberto Piazza
Birth Date:	10 May 1945
Birth Place:	Le Havre, France
Genre:	Rock, blues
Occupation:	Singer-songwriter, actor
Instrument:	Vocals
Years Active:	1974–present
Label:	Chiswick, L&B
Associated Acts:	Little Bob Story, Little Bob Blues Bastards

Roberto Piazza (May 10, 1945, Le Havre, France) better known by his stage name as Little Bob is a French rock musician with strong blues and rhythm 'n' blues influences.

Lemmy from Motörhead features on the album Ringolevio (1987).

In 2011, the vocalist Roberto Piazza alias Little Bob plays himself in the movie Le Havre directed by Aki Kaurismäki, in competition at the 2011 edition of Festival de Cannes.

Discography

Studio albums

Little Bob Story

1976 : High Time
1977 : Off The Rails
1977 : Living in the Fast Lane
1978 : Come See Me
1980 : Light of My Town
1982 : Vacant Heart
1984 : Too Young To Love Me
1985 : ...Wanderers...Followers...Lovers...
1987 : Ringolevio

Little Bob

1989 : Rendez-Vous in Angel City
1991 : Alive or nothing
1993 : Lost Territories
1997 : Blue stories
2002 : Libero
2005 : The Gift
2009 : Time To Blast

Little Bob Blues Bastards

2012 : Break Down The Walls
2015 : Howlin
2018 : New Day Coming

Live albums

1978 : Live in London
2003 : Rock On Riff On Roll On Move On – Live 2003
2005 : Live in the Dockland
2005 : Live in London (reedition)

Compilations

1977 : Little Bob Story
1991 : High Time + Like Rock'n Roll
1999 : One Story Volume 1
2000 : One Story Volume 2
2011 : Wild And Deep – Best Of 1989/2009

Featurings

1999 : Tribute to Lee Brilleaux
2000 : Blues against racism
2002 : Roots and new 2002
2002 : A South Louisiana soul sensation

Bibliography

Little Bob et Christian Eudeline, La Story, Éditions Denoël, coll. X-treme, 2010, 251 p.
Stories of Little Bob, histoires pour Roberto. Jean-Bernard Pouy, Frédéric Prilleux, Jean-Noël Levavasseur, Jean-Luc Manet, Stéphane Le Carre, Stéphane Pajot, Sylvie Rouch, Serguei Dounovtez et al., Editions Krakoën. www.krakoen.fr. April 2013.