Bob Patin has been playing the piano since he was five years old. From the age of 14, he began playing clubs in South Louisiana; after getting a music degree in 1978 and studying for his Master's in jazz studies at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, he moved to Nashville in 1981; after 34 years in Nashville, he moved to Austin, Texas in 2015, where he lives with his wife Mary. Bob has toured all over the world with a number of famous recording artists, most notably The Everly Brothers, Jerry Reed and Crystal Gayle. He has played onstage or on TV with lots of other artists, including the Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Waylon Jennings, jazz trombonist Bill Watrous, Marty Stuart, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, Alabama, Loretta Lynn and many others. Bob's main musical influences include Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson and George Shearing.