Uncle Bobby Watson

Bobby Watson was a founding member of Peterborough's with George Bertok, Donny McCallum and Paul Healey and with Terry Benstead, Richard Gullison, Zeke Mazurek, Dennis Delorme, JP Hovercraft and Cris Cuddy before joining Ottawa based with whom he also backed other artists including his friend, and also a member of, sharing guitar duties with the near-legendary Al Manning.

He lent his nickname to the band Uncle Bobby's Aerial Ballet which featured him with bassist "Suitcase" James Stanley (Ronnie Hawkins, Tim Williams, Alien Rebels etc.), steel guitarist Alan Kates (Cement City Stompers, Roy Payne, Sylvia Tyson etc.) plus Cris Cuddy and Jim Leslie of the Gorillas.

Bobby has recently returned to his solo career and also to the Gorillas after several years living and playing the blues on Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee.

Bobby has his own CD available, which he recorded together with Canadian bluesmen in their electric format featuring Alan Black (former Gorilla), Rick Fines (Rick Fines Trio), Gary Peeples (Chris Whiteley) and Andy Pryde (Humber College Studio).