This weeks guest on the road to rock podcast is British vocalist and song writer Robert Hart.
Roberts career has seen him grace stages and recording studios as part of The Distance, Bad Company and the jones Gang, and for the past 10 years robert has been the lead singer of manfred Mann’s earth band.
Robert has worked on various group and solo projects over the years which has led him to collaborate with the likes of Rolling Stones Ronnie wood, Andy Taylor form Duran Duran, Company of snakes with Bernie marsden and FM’s Steve overland and Jim Kirkpatrick.
His songwriting career took him to the USA where he was the first English writer to be signed to Disney owned Hollywood records.
Robert worked on soundtracks for movies and even stepped in for the odd cameo role.
Aside from spending the past decade touring the world with Manfred Mann, Robert worked on his own solo albums, releasing his most recent one, Pure, last year.
He called on his rock buddies Steve overland and Hollywood Vampires Tommy Denander to help record and produce the album which has resulted in 12 tracks of unique pop rock.
Robert was on the rock meets classic tour in Europe with Alice Cooper and thunder when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, forcing the remaining tour dates to be abandoned
This week I caught up with Robert to discuss the highs and lows of his multi decade career and hear how he came to be the front man of bands he admired growing up.
Roberts fishbowl roulette episode is at the end of his interview...
Warning - This episode contains substance abuse content some listeners may find triggering.
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