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Robert Hicks, better known as Barbecue Bob (September 11 1902 – October 21 1931), was an early United States|American country blues musician. His nickname came from the fact that he was a chef|cook in a barbecue restaurant. One of the two extant photographs of Bob show him playing his guitar while wearing a full length white apron and cook's hat.
Early life
He was born in Walnut Grove, Georgia|Walnut Grove, Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia. He and his brother, Charley Lincoln|Charlie Hicks, together with Curley Weaver, were taught how to play the guitar by Curley's mother, Savannah "Dip" Weaver.<ref name= barlow>Barlow, William. ''"Looking Up At Down": The Emergence of Blues Culture''. Temple University Press (1989), pp. 195-96. ISBN 0-87722-583-4.</ref> Bob began playing the 6-string guitar but picked up the Twelve string guitar|12-string guitar after moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1923-1924. He became one of the prominent performers of the newly developing Atlanta blues style.
In Atlanta, Hicks worked a variety of jobs, playing music on the side. While working at Tidwells' Barbecue in a north Atlanta suburb, Hicks came to the attention of Columbia Records talent scout Dan Hornsby. Hornsby recorded him and decided to use Hicks's job as a gimmick, having him pose in chef's whites and hat for publicity photos and dubbing him "Ba... read all
