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Snowbird Alert!

Lisa and I have purchased a winter home in Gulfport, Florida. We plan on spending the cold months of the year down there. 2602 52nd. Street South, zip code 33707. We also sold our home in Des Moines and bought a little house in Windsor Heights, Iowa. 7119 Washington Ave.,50324.

2018 Iowa Blues Challenge

2018 Iowa Blues Challenge

Tina Haase Findlay and I won the 2018 Iowa Blues Challenge (solo/duo) and will represent Iowa in Memphis for the 2019 International Blues Challenge.

Blues In A Bottle on CDBaby

Blues In A Bottle on CDBaby

Blues In A Bottle can now be downloaded from CDBaby… Get it right HERE > 

Best Self-Produced CD!

Best Self-Produced CD!

We are excited to announce Blues In A Bottle won The Blues Foundation’s Best Self-Produced CD at the 2016 International Blues Challenge in Memphis! Friend and fellow Iowan, Matt Woods‘ excellent album, Sawdust & Gasoline, was also among the top five finalists in the competition. In 2005, The Blues Foundation introduced the Best Self-Produced CD (BSPCD) contest […]

Iowa Blues Hall of Fame

Iowa Blues Hall of Fame

We are pleased to announce Rob will be inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame on Friday, February 12 2016. Other 2015 class inductees include Shaun Murphy, Jeff Petersen and Andre Mosqueda. The induction ceremony is held in conjunction with Central Iowa Blues Society’s Winter Blues Fest. More info about the Central Iowa Blues […]

New Rob Lumbard cd!

New Rob Lumbard cd!

Ricky Nye, piano; Nick Lloyd, upright bass; and I went to Ultra Suede Studio in Cincinnati and laid down tracks that’ll make up 3/4 of my next cd. The rest will be my solo thing. Titled Blues In A Bottle, it’s early Chicago, Piedmont blues, featuring songs of  Big Bill Broonzy, Pink Anderson, Jimmie Rodgers, and a […]

Free Stuff!

Free Stuff!

Full song mp3 downloads of “Natch”, “Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans” and “I Can’t Be Satified” from the Lumbard & Lloyd CD are available–FOR FREE!