Rob Watkins (howlingbob) is a singer/songwriter from Worcestershire. His music is an eclectic mix of his many and varied influences, which include Bob Mould, Neil Finn, Nick Drake, Richard Thompson, Clifford T Ward, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren and John Lennon.

Three of Rob's songs have reached the semi-final stage of the UK Songwriting Contest in the Adult Contempory category.
2008 - Uneasy With You
2009 - Like Silver
2009 - So Glad That You Are Mine

This year Rob has entered two songs again but this time in the Acoustic / Folk Category - There's A Darkness In My Soul and Don't Despair. 

Both songs were judged as Commended entries but narrowly missed the Semi Finals.

You can contact Rob via
Twitter @howlingbob
or by email: howlingbob@gmail.com



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