Bob Geddins

Robert L. "Bob" Geddins (February 6, 1913 – February 16, 1991) was an American San Francisco Bay Area blues and rhythm and blues musician and record producer.

Geddins was born in Highbank, Texas, United States, a town ten miles south of Marlin, who came to Oakland, California during World War II, and worked there until his death in 1991.

From 1948 onwards he founded and owned numerous small independent record labels, such as Art-Tone, Big Town, Cavatone, Down Town, Irma, Plaid, Rhythm, and Veltone. He also leased his recordings to Los Angeles labels such as Swing Time, Aladdin, Modern, Imperial, Fantasy, and also to the Chicago operated Checker label.

Many tunes often mistakenly attributed to other artists were either written or co-written by Geddins, e.g. "Tin Pan Alley", "Mercury Blues", and "My Time After A While".

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