Bob Wootton
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- If It Ain't Broke, Fix It
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Paris, Arkansas, U.S.
Robert "Bob" Wootton (March 4, 1942 – April 9, 2017) was an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist Luther Perkins died in a house fire. He remained Cash's guitarist for nearly thirty years.
Known for
- Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994 — Self2005
- The World's Greatest Gigs2005
- Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 — Self - Guitar1979
- Johnny Cash at San Quentin — Self1969
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-03-04
- Active to
- 2017-04-09
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Bob Wootton (March 4, 1942 - 9 April 2017) was an American guitarist. He was a guitarist for Johnny Cash for nearly thirty years. In 1968 he joined the Johnny Cash backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist, Luther Perkins, died in a house fire. Robert Wootton was born in 1942 in Paris, Arkansas. In 1950, he moved with his family to Taft, California, where Bob heard the music of Johnny Cash for the first time. In 1956, he bought a copy of "I Walk the Line," even though W
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- human
- Given name
- Bob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Gallatin
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Instrument
- guitar
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- Bob Wootton (831827463).jpg
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- 1942-03-04
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- 2017-04-09
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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