Bob Newman
Musician
Best known for
Songwriter
Bob Newman was a Georgia singer, bass player, and comedian who worked with his brothers in the Georgia Crackers, and wrote songs that bluegrass bands have kept in circulation long after his own recordings went out of print.
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- Born Robert Newman on October 16, 1915, in Cochran, Georgia.
- Joined his brothers Hank and Slim in the Georgia Crackers in 1935, working as the group’s bassist and comedian.
- He and Slim were drafted during the Second World War, breaking up the act; Hank went on to the Sons of the Pioneers.
- Wrote “That’s How I Can Count on You” with Shorty Long; Jimmy Martin and the Osborne Brothers cut it in 1955.
- The song stayed in the repertoire through recordings by Red Allen and the Kentuckians (1966), Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver (1988), and Kathy Kallick (2005).
- Died on October 8, 1979.
