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Robert Maxwell Case

g, *1946
Musician of World
A.k.a. Bob Case

Robert Maxwell Case, born 1946 in Olean, NY, was raised in the rural Appalachin Mountain village of Franklinville, NY. In 1958 at age 11, he began playing guitar and singing in rockabilly bands, performing after high school basketball games and at teen clubs. His primary group, The Vibratones, performed seasonally at Lime Lake Pavilion dance hall where Levon Helm & The Hawks and The Rockin' Rebels ("Wild Weekend") also played regularly. He was graduated from Ten Broeck Academy and Franklinville Central School in 1964. He attended the University of Buffalo for two years where his bands were contemporaries of Stan & The Ravens (featuring Jimmy Caliri) and Ronnie James Dio & Elf. (His group opened for Link Wray & The Wraymen and sometimes performed as "The Roddymen," WKBW deejay Rod Roddy's record hop group.) Robert transferred to St. Bonaventure University and was graduated cum laude in 1969 with a B.S. in Business Management (minoring in Journalism and Accounting.) While there he worked in small R&B and pop-rock combos, gaining an opening act slot for Patti Page at the Three Rivers Inn in Syracuse, NY in 1968. Following college, he moved to New York City and signed with A&M Records, releasing one single, "For Awhile We Helped Each Other Out" b/w "When I'm Wrong You Never Forget," in 1969.

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