Rob Tognoni

About

Energetic rock performer live at Norden Farm

He has been treading the stages worldwide for the past 40 years. Rob Tognoni is at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Friday 7 June at 8pm. Tickets are £16.

Rob has opened for the greats – Roy Buchanan; Stevie Ray Vaughan’s mentor Lonnie Mack; and Joe Walsh from the Eagles. He has also shared stages with Sting, ZZ Top and Bo Diddley.

Rob is originally from Tasmania, Australia. He goes under the pseudonym of the Tasmanian Devil. His style is fiery, energetic, inventive and explosive. His roots are from blues, blues rock and classic rock but also adding many other colours to the palate to give him his sound and uniqueness.

Rob is an energetic and physical performer on stage – not just a musician. Echoes of Cream, Hendrix, BB King, AC/DC can be heard woven through his musical fabric. With 20 albums over the past 22 years to his credit through labels such as Provogue, Dixiefrog, Blues Boulevard coupled with countless, tireless tours.

Rob was born on Tasmania’s North-West Coast in 1960. His childhood was sheltered from music. Tasmania in the 1960s was isolated and blues was not that well known until the early 1970s. He began to listen to his older sister’s records and discovered diversities of music. After his father died, Rob became obsessed with guitar as an escape. At the age of 14 he went to see new band AC/DC when they were touring. He spent the 1970s absorbing and learning as much guitar as he possibly could and wrote his first song in 1977.

Rob has represented Australia at the Royal Wedding celebrations of Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark and performed for FIFA World Cup Football in Kaiserslautern. He has played everywhere from maximum security prisons in Australia to Mozart’s House in Vienna plus countless other experiences that have honed his skills.