Bobby Cash (born 13 February 1961) is an

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singer, songwriter, guitaristand composerPonnu Elizabeth Mathew "The Indian cowboy...one in a billion" ''The New Indian Express'' (Bengaluru, India) 19 August 2009 Retrieved Wednesday, April 20, 2016 who lives in

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, a suburb of Dehradun district in the state of

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. He is praised by media for being India's first international country music artist who has charted singles in Australia, and also for being the only Indian country music artist to be featured in a documentary film, ''The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion'', aired on

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Television (Australia) in January 2004 and on

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channel in India in June 2004. He is known as "The Indian Cowboy, one in a billion" by media.

Early life

Bobby Cash grew up in Clement Town, Dehradun. An aunt of his, who lived in

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, regularly sent the latest country music releases of the time to Bobby's mother. This was the music he grew up listening to and which he loved so much that he taught himself to play the guitar and sing those songs. Because of the dearth of other country music style

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musicians, he developed his own

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style that encompassed playing bass lines,

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and lead to give a unique sound. While in Dehradun, Bobby Cash gave music lessonsand occasionally performed for the armed forces.Suanshu Khurana, Suanshu Khurana

"The Bobby Cash Show" www.indianexpress.com (National newspaper, India) Friday, april 20 2012 It was only in 1995, after his father died, that he moved to New Delhi to pursue a career as a solo musical artist.

Career

Early music career (1995–2002)

Bobby Cash's career began performing in

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, at the popular hot spot, Rodeo. While in New Delhi, he briefly dabbled in

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music. In 1996, he recorded his first Indian pop album ''Yeh Pyaar Hai'' under the

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(India) label with Indian pop director and producer, Jawahar Wattal. This was followed by a guitar

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the same year called ''Film Hits on Guitar''In 1998, Bobby Cash recorded ''Ruk Ja Baby'' with Archies Music. Indian pop, however, could not capture Bobby's heart and he returned to his first love, country music.

2003–present

A chance meeting with Australian film producer, Colin Bromley while in New Delhi, resulted in Bobby Cash being invited to the

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in New South Wales, Australia. Having heard him sing, and being impressed by his musicianship, Bromley, producer/director of Sydney-based television production house, Gobsmacked and Gerry O'Leary, Gobsmacked's head of production, decided to make a film on Bobby Cash performing in the Festival and see what happened there. Thus, in January 2003, Bobby Cash went to perform in the Tamworth Country Music Festival.An unknown, Bobby Cash struck a chord with the country music lovers there and grabbed the attention of the media. A local wealthy farmer, Roy Eykamp, came forward and offered to finance Bobby Cash's debut country music albumWhat happened at the Festival, and Bobby Cash rising from being an unknown to

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status became the subject of Bromley's documentary film, ''The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion''. Bobby Cash recorded his debut album, ''Cowboy at Heart'', with some of the cream of the Australian music industry. Produced by

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winner,

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, the album also featured duets with

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and Tania Kernaghan. In June 2005, Bobby Cash's music was recognized in the United States by the Country Music Association, Nashville, Tennessee. India is listed on the country music world map as one of the foreign territories outside the United States with a country music culture and Bobby Cash was invited as one of CMA's nominees for Global Artist of the Year Award given in recognition for furthering of country music in a territory other than the United States. While he did not win the Award, Bobby Cash's performance at The Stage On Broadway did lead to a standing ovation led by the then chief of CMA, Ed Benson. The same year, heading back to Australia, he proceeded to record his second album, ''Phoenix to El Paso'', a collection of cover versions of crowd favorites. In 2006, he recorded a third album, ''State of My Heart''. Both albums, ''Cowboy at Heart'' and ''State of My Heart'' had several tracks from them making it to the Top Ten Australian country music charts. In August 2014, his music single 'Ashiyaan' was published by Songdew Bobby Cash toured and played extensively in Australia for a number of years. Currently, he tours mostly in India playing and promoting country music.

Personal life

Bobby Cash lives with his wife Angelina and two children, Saira and Ricky, in Clement Town, Dehradun, India.

Discography

Hindi-Pop Albums (India)

*''Yeh Pyaar Hai'' (Magnasound, 1996) *''Film Hits On Guitar'' (Magnasound, 1996) *''Ruk Ja Baby'' (Archies Music, 1998)

Country Music Albums (Australia)

*''Cowboy at Heart'' (Gobsmacked Television, Australia, 2003 & Universal Music, India, 2004) *''Phoenix to El Paso'' (Gobsmacked Music, Australia, 2004) *''State of My Heart'' (Gobsmacked Music, 2006)

Singles

*''World Beneath My Wings'' (from the album ''Light of Hope'', Meat Pie Music(APRA), 2008)https://itunes.apple.com "Light of Hope" by Various Artists (Music CD) "The World Beneath My Wings", (Artist - Bobby Cash) Released : 04 July 2008 Meat Pie Music (APRA)

Documentary Film

*''The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion'' (2004) *''Rockumentary: Evolution of Indan Rock (2018)''

Bollywood Song

*''Budhau'' (from the Hindi language Feature film

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(2020, Rising Sun Productions, Amazon Prime Video)

References

External links

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