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A message from the artist:
“ You know I had a hard life as a child like many people have, and I got into performing in bands through singing in bars on Saturday afternoon Jams, and talent shows when I was just old enough to be in the bar. Then a music agent approached me one day after I had been singing for a few years, and soon after that I was on the road playing little bars out in the middle of no where. Back then I used to sing my tributes to many big stars, Garth Brooks, Conway Twitty, Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, even Elvis and one day another agent approached me and then I was off performing in tribute bands. I kicked around allot of places in western Canada for about ten years, then I went into dinner theatre and learned a little acting, comedy, improv, and audience interaction that was allot of fun. So I figured I would start my own Tribute show with all of those elements plus great costuming, it was a big hit. I performed and produced, that show for another fifteen years coast to coast in Canada and some over seas gigs, soon I became a sought after corporate entertainer, and I had over twenty full costume tributes to perform. Then one day my little boy Matthew who was about 12 at the time, said “you gave up on your dreams dad,” wow! He hit me right between the eyes with it! and I had to admit I had. Matthew was sick with cancer at the time and I didn’t want to be very far from home for too long. Then when my baby boy went to be with Jesus Jan 2nd 2009 at the age of only 16, his little voice has been in my ear ever since, you gave up on your dreams dad, one day I said out loud, no son I’m not giving up, I’m going to go for it Matthew and I’m going to make you proud. Well he was right then and he’s still right now, it won’t be easy, and I’ve already paid allot dues, and now it’s time to start paying them all over again, it wasn’t easy getting started as a cover song singer, or a dinner theatre actor, or a tribute artist, and I’m sure an original singer songwriter will be even harder, but that’s the dream. Matthew never gave up, never complained, and always cared more about others and how they felt, he always put them ahead of himself and his own problems, that’s how I feel about performing I love people and I love it when they are laughing, clapping, and dancing it makes my own heart dance.The dream is a risk and it takes money to promote your music to radio, but I’m going to do it because it’s what I was born to do, and when people in powerful places tell me not to or don’t bother, that just spurs me on and lets me know I’m on the right path. I’ve got this burning desire in my gut that just won’t go away, I still love performing for the people. All the folks over all these years that have given me standing ovations, encores and who have told me to never give up, well I’m not going to, why would I let them and myself down? I still love to perform for people I’ve met, far more good than bad over the last two plus decades and I’m looking forward to meeting a whole lot more. In January of 2012 I’m going to Nashville to record my second CD and I’ll be promoting it to Radio and hopefully touring Canada and the United States, so I hope to meet anyone that has taken the time to read this, somewhere in the future down the road.”
Respectfully:
The Artist Robert Larrabee
