Robert "Bobby" Hughes
Birthdate: Long ago when I was very young.
Current Band: Hughes Blues and Full Spectrum
Gear: McCarty PRS, Fender Telecaster and Fender Stratocaster. Various Fender; Including Vibrolux Reverbs, Princeton Reverbs, Deluxe Reverbs, Champs and Roland Jazz Chorus 120.
Favorite Singer (living): Ray Charles
Favorite Singer (deceased): Bobby Bland, many Soul, R& B, doo-wop and Motown types.
Favorite Guitarist (living): B.B. King, Chris Cain, Freddy Roulette (Don’t listen to many guitar players)
Favorite Guitarist (deceased): Joe Pass, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton, Earl Hooker, Albert Collins and Freddy King
First Record: “Tiger Man” by Rufus Thomas on Sun records.
First Blues Record: My first real blues record purchase was a “stack” of 45rpm Blues records made possible by my “Paper Route” money. As I recall, Little Walter, B.B. King, and Jimmy & Walter’s “EASY,” were in that stack.
Music Career Focus: My musical focus is the same as my life focus: Continued growth and understanding of all things creative. The creative process consists of Germination, Assimilation and The Final Stages of Incompletion.
Recordings: Chuck Howard, Phil Gary, Soul Searchers, In Men, Shilos, Slinky & Surprize, Finishing Touch and Columbus Ohio’s own “Supremes.” (Slinky and Surprize record was produced by Rock and Roll legend Freddy Cannon)

Robert Hughes: "Blues is a form, NOT a formula! You’d be surprised to learn how many musicians do not understand this. Many “non-bluesers” think its all been done before. The best, most inovative, “brealthrough” blues break I have ever played, has yet to occur!

" Blues, to me, represents the ultimate challenge to communicate a personal vision with feelings and emotion. The powerful “aesthetic response” that a blues listener feels, emanates from a simple yet complex sub-system of Tension/Resolution management. "