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Photo by Susan Hubele © 2004
A Short Biography of Robert Burton Hubele, Poet of The Blues January 17, 2011 Canada
CD graphics were designed by Robert’s
son Dave Casey of Brooklyn, New York. Photos are by Robert’s
friend Alana Rothstein. Mastered by Bud Bremner of Coastal Mastering. Robert is the oldest of eight children, raised in the prairies of southern Alberta, Canada. At 14, he laboured at a steel mill and then became a heavy equipment operator. At 21, he wrote his first song. Robert is entirely self-taught. His love
for the blues started with listening to popular music on the radio
as a teen. What caught his ear was Eric Burden’s ‘House
of the Rising Sun’. He had no idea that it was the blues, but
he just had to learn to play that song. His friend Butch, a Redcap
and co-worker at the Canadian Pacific Railroad, offered to loan him
his electric guitar and amplifier and teach him how to play it. Robert became fascinated with the earthy
beat and emotional impact of the blues. He began listening to and
playing along with B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Muddy
Waters, and Freddie and Albert King. There is also a touch of country in Robert’s
music from growing up on the prairies on the fringe of Calgary, where
music by Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Marty Robbins was the background
of his life. Robert writes when the song comes to
him, about one each month. It takes one-half to two hours to write
a song. The best ones often come the fastest. Polishing and learning
a song takes a couple of weeks. Robert and his wife Susan make their
home in Vancouver’s beautiful West End on English Bay, near
Stanley Park. |
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I Get Lonely Hubele Arts Music, 2011 *** Life is Good Hubele Arts Music, 2010 *** Bug Bug Company 125, 2008 (collaboration on "Known Mystery") *** Three Little Words Foff Records, 2004 FRCD 0304 *** Halfway To Everywhere **** Coaldust Grins (A Compilation) Cambria Publishing, 1999 Song: Jenkin Evans **** Living On The Land (A Compilation) Adfarm Agency, 2000 Songs: Wild Alberta Rose, Deliver Me **** Made In Alberta (A Compilation) Karo Design Calgary Song: Red Wine |