Bobby Finn
Lead Guitar, Vocals
Born in ‘61 in Louisiana under a bad moon, a GI Brat raised in Europe and Asia with intermittent culture shocks of Louisiana and South Texas culminating in Universal City. After attending Samuel Clemens High School in Schertz TX, he completed a 4 year stint in the US Navy. Bobby returned to San Antonio and quickly...far too quickly got married, but was blessed with 2 wonderful children. He ended up a process Engineer with a large semiconductor manufacturing company in Dallas until 2003.
His life took a huge turn due to a medical and personal crisis after which he made his way back to his roots in San Antonio broke, alone, disabled, and very happy to still be breathing. The Guitar has been with him since ‘68 and after a 30 year band hiatus these compadres who make up The Bob Bass Band drew him into their fold reigniting his swampy blues roots as he plays this confounded instrument. He plays in the moment and from the heart. His influences are almost every piece of music he has ever heard. He loves playing and loves sharing his talent even more. He feels blessed and grateful to be alive.
Dave Meissner
Bass Guitar, Vocals
Dave is a native of San Antonio , and is an avid bass collector . While his father listened to Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Wills, his mother was listening to Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin , and his older sister was jamming to the Beatles . They all contributed to his wide variety of musical influences .
By his teen years, he had moved in a different musical direction : Bob Dylan , Led Zepplin , James Brown , Frank Zappa , and CCR were just some of the inspirations in his early life .
Dave started thumpin’ the bass strings in ‘74 , and has performed with a wide variety of bands including :
Deja Blues , 5:01 Blues , The Indecision's , the Danny Cowan Group , the Shadow Bender's and Blind Zero , just to name a few ...
. Dave started his blues education in 1983 , and has been devoted ever since . He has played rock , jazz ,
conjunto and country/western , but his favorite is still the blues ... “I still listen other styles of music , but as the late great Willie Dixon said , “The Blues are the roots ... and the rest are the fruits.”
His wife and family understand his love of music , and his drive to be the best he can be. They continue to inspire and support him , in his musical career.
Clay Miller
Drums / Percussion
Clay was born and raised in San Antonio and returned to San Antonio after living in Waco and Dallas respectively for 8 years. He started slappin’ the skins at a tender age of 11 after convincing his parents to let him take drum lessons rather than piano. He joined a group of friends and started a country/rock band band back in 1992, now called Mark Monaco Band. He has had the opportunity to share the stage with greats: Robert Earl Keen Jr., Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Jimmy Spacek, and Ian Moore.
Clay listens to all genres of music and some of his influences are: JJ Cale, Townes Van Zandt, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Vaughn, Doyle Bramhall, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, and of course, The King. His less is more approach has been learned and developed over the 20 years he has been playing.
Throughout his musical life, he has developed a deep love for the blues. He attended the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas and was inspired to find some traditional style blues players to join for his next project, leading him to The Bob Bass Band. Clay feels he has truly found his place behind the drums laying down shuffles and getting into deep grooves with sounds of the harmonica and lead guitar reaching out and grabbing the hearts and ears of the audience.
