Bob is a graduate of Missouri State University and the University of North Texas, where he was a member of the world-famous One O'Clock Lab Band.

He also spent time in Florida with the All-American College Band at Walt Disney World, sailed Alaska and the Caribbean while playing on cruise ships, and was a member of the Bobby Vinton/Glenn Miller Orchestra in Branson.

In addition to playing and arranging for M-Dock since 2007, Bob is currently a member of the New Creole Jazz Band, Springfield Brass Quintet, and the Missouri Jazz Orchestra (MOJO).

He plays regularly as a substitute trombonist for the Springfield Symphony and has played for numerous musicals at Springfield's Landers Theater and other venues.  He is a published arranger for various ensembles, and is also the Low Brass Instructor at Drury University in Springfield.