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Bread & Cheese (instrumental)

For Gabriel (instrumental)

IF I WAS YOUR MAN

BAYOU GIRL

THE YEAR WE TRIED TO KILL THE PAIN

Music sampler for Film & TV Composed by John Bird and Bob Woodruff

Film & TV Music Sampler

Feel The Way I Feel

02 I'm The Train

That Was Then

Out Of The Blue

Bob Woodruff is a critically acclaimed songwriter and recording artist from NYC. He has recorded for various labels including, Restless/Enigma, Elektra/Asylum, Imprint and Interscope Records. More than a few top critics have stated that his albums are among the finest country-rock records ever released.

His songs, which meld R&B, Country and Rock, have attracted some of the most talented players in the world to his recording sessions and are graced by many Rock ‘n’ Roll and Country Music Hall of Famers including: Emmylou Harris, Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Gary Tallent (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band), Bernie Leadon (The Eagles), James Burton (Elvis), Glen D Hardin (Elvis), Marc Ford (Black Crowes), Lucinda Williams, Sam Bush (New Grass Revival) and Pig Robbins to name only a few.

While Bob took some time to pursue other interests outside the music business for awhile, he is currently living in Los Angeles where he is writing songs and composing music for motion pictures, television and other recording artists. His latest album, "The Year We Tried To Kill The Pain", was recorded and released in Europe in September 2013 where it debuted at #1 on the EuroAmericana Chart.

A sampling of some recent press Bob has received:

In reference to Jeff Bridges' character in the Academy Award winning, "Crazy Heart", the film about a country singer, a recent HUFFINGTON POST article declared that:

"BOB WOODRUFF IS BAD BLAKE".

they also had the following to say about him and his albums:

"SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HOUSEHOLD NAME"

"IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE WOODRUFF GETS A COMEBACK"

"FLAWLESS"

"ALL OF IT SOUNDING LIKE OLD FAVORITES YOU NEVER HEARD BEFORE"

click on this link to read the whole story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-kornbluth/bob-woodruff-never-heard_b_437022.html

a story about Bob in the HOUSTON CHRONICLE arts section is headlined:

"BOB WOODRUFF IS THE BEST COUNTRY SINGER YOU NEVER HEARD"

the article goes on do say this about Bob and his music:

"DREAMS AND SATURDAY NIGHTS IS, FOR MY MONEY THE BEST COUNTRY ALBUM RELEASED IN THE 90's"

"I NOW HAVE A BURNED CD WITH THE FIRST FEW WOODRUFF SONGS I’VE HEARD SINCE HIS SECOND ALBUM, DESIRE ROAD, STIFFED IN 1997, IT’S LIKE STUMBLING INTO SOMETHING NEW BY ELLIOTT SMITH, NICK DRAKE OR JEFF BUCKLEY. ONLY WOODRUFF ISN’T DEAD, THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN.”

“AFTER WOODRUFF’S LONG ABSENCE, HIS CAREER SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE THESE DAYS”
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/6852860.html

Additional press quotes:

“Bob Woodruff’s 1994 debut album, Dreams & Saturday Nights, was one of the finest country albums of the ’90s....he is a master of the well-crafted story-song”
-NO DEPRESSION

"Dreams & Saturday Nights mines the seam between Springsteen and Steve Earle." - ROLLING STONE

“Woodruff’s material has a classic resonance and the vocal harmony of label mate Emmylou Harris is typically exquisite” - ROLLING STONE

"Some like Son-Volt and Wilco are converted punks. Others like Bob Woodruff and Gillian Welch are Nashville outsiders with too much personality for the mainstream country machine".
-NEWSWEEK

“Bob Woodruff’s Dreams & Saturday Nights is unquestionably the best album to come from Nashville in Years”.
-CMJ

"The freshest-sounding album to cross this desk in months is Bob Woodruff's "Dreams & Saturday Nights.” -David Zimmerman, USA TODAY

"Woodruff, who studied under the late Doc Pomus, is as good as today's country music gets". -Tom Lanham, CMJ

"One of the most talented and snake-bit performers to ever hit Nashville..this is country music for the Apocalypse.. as real as a purple bruise on a junkie’s arm." -William Michael Smith,THIRD COAST MUSIC

" 'Dreams & Saturday Nights' is as fine a debut as Nashville sent into the world since Steve Earle's 'Guitar Town' " -Robert K.Oerman, -MUSIC ROW

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