Roberto Piazza (May 10, 1945, Alessandria, Italy) better known by his stage name as Little Bob is a French rock musician with strong
blues
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and
rhythm 'n' blues influences.
Lemmy
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from
Motörhead
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features on the album ''Ringolevio'' (1987).
In 2011, the vocalist Roberto Piazza alias Little Bob plays himself in the movie ''
Le Havre
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'' directed by
Aki Kaurismäki
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, in competition at the 2011 edition of
Festival de Cannes
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.
Discography
Studio albums
Little Bob Story
* 1976 : ''High Time''
* 1977 : ''Off The Rails''
* 1977 : ''Living in the Fast Lane''
* 1978 : ''Come See Me''
* 1980 : ''Light of My Town''
* 1982 : ''Vacant Heart''
* 1984 : ''Too Young To Love Me''
* 1985 : ''...Wanderers...Followers...Lovers...''
* 1987 : ''Ringolevio''
Little Bob
* 1989 : ''Rendez-Vous in Angel City''
* 1991 : ''Alive or nothing''
* 1993 : ''Lost Territories''
* 1997 : ''Blue stories''
* 2002 : ''Libero''
* 2005 : ''The Gift''
* 2009 : ''Time To Blast''
Little Bob Blues Bastards
* 2012 : ''Break Down The Walls''
* 2015 : ''Howlin
* 2018 : ''New Day Coming''
Live albums
* 1978 : ''Live in London''
* 2003 : ''Rock On Riff On Roll On Move On – Live 2003''
* 2005 : ''Live in the Dockland''
* 2005 : ''Live in London'' (reedition)
Compilations
* 1977 : ''Little Bob Story''
* 1991 : ''High Time + Like Rock'n Roll''
* 1999 : ''One Story Volume 1''
* 2000 : ''One Story Volume 2''
* 2011 : ''Wild And Deep – Best Of 1989/2009''
Featurings
* 1999 : ''Tribute to Lee Brilleaux''
* 2000 : ''Blues against racism''
* 2002 : ''Roots and new 2002''
* 2002 : ''A South Louisiana soul sensation''
Bibliography
* Little Bob et Christian Eudeline, ''La Story'', Éditions Denoël, coll. X-treme, 2010 , 251 p.
* ''Stories of Little Bob, histoires pour Roberto''. Jean-Bernard Pouy, Frédéric Prilleux, Jean-Noël Levavasseur, Jean-Luc Manet, Stéphane Le Carre, Stéphane Pajot, Sylvie Rouch, Serguei Dounovtez et al., Editions Krakoën. www.krakoen.fr. April 2013.
External links
*
Vidéo interview – September 2007Vidéo interview – October 2009Vidéo interview – July 2011
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1945 births
French rock musicians
Living people
Musicians from Le Havre
French male film actors