Cheap and Easy - Bodega Bob

Bodega Bob Homme

Bodega Bob has been slingin' a six string since the age of fifteen. Raised in the border territories between West Virginia and western Pennsylvania he cut his teeth on Hank, Johnny, Lester & Earl. In a bizarre and humorous twist of fate, Bodega Bob Bodega was introduced to Polka recording stars Wanda & Stephanie and Frankie Yankovich and blew trumpet on the Polka circuit for several years with the Moleks in such bands as the Silver Stars and the Polka Dynamics.

Around age 17 he was introduced to the Motown sound and spent the 8-track years in the backseat of his Chevy with the local Hillbilly girls and Ike & Tina, Smokey, Archie Bell, Sam Cooke and Aretha. Finally, at age 19, in a desperate attempt to escape what had become his only working gig at the time - playing lead horn in a Polka band - Bodega fled the Hillbilly Territories and joined the US Submarine Force.

During his Vietnam & Cold War era Navy career, Bodega played guitar in liberty barrooms across two oceans and five of the seven seas. His experience as an acoustic street musician in Spain & Africa provided him with a rich and earthy outdoor sound that removes any barriers between the audience and the musicians. Over his musical journey, Bodega has performed with such diverse personalities as Christian Music vocalist & recording artist Jamie Lambert, Irish balladeer Eddie Delaher, Memphis recording artist Wendell Craig, and most recently as the front man for the successful regional trio Trigger Happy.

After his discharge from the Navy, Bodega worked as a bassman with the Southern Rock & Roll band, Sunny Side Up in the Pittsburgh & Tri-state area. A subsequent move to Daytona Beach exposed Bodega to the influences of Gregg Allman & Floyd Miles. After eight years of the rich Daytona Beach blues scene, he relocated to Miami, the home of Milton Campbell, Jr. (Little Milton).

Bodega's original songs range from the funny to the gritty and his love songs are more reminiscent of whiskey and wet spots than flowers and Hallmark verses. His affinity for the box guitar and his barroom-bass vocals form the crux of Cheap & Easy's earthy sound.