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BOB WIJNSCHENK/WINESHANK: For over forty years, Bob has been involved in studying, teaching, composing and, more importantly playing music or “telling my stories” as he puts it. EARLY DAYS Bob started playing his dad’s 1959 Hofner acoustic guitar – listening to the jazz standards his dad used to play. His love of playing stayed with him through high school where guitars like the Fender Stratocaster and the emerging Hendrix and Cream heavily influenced Bob’s playing and early song writing. BANDS Bob’s first “serious” bands - ‘Shagrat’ and ‘Outburst’ - played an Indie mix of originals [Bob played bass then]. Their vocalist had a killer voice and the band did a few stints on Channel 9’s New Faces. Bob eventually left ‘Outburst’ as he wanted to focus on playing lead guitar. During this period he wrote a many songs and started to develop his own very distinct style. INFLUENCES During his 30’s Bob studied with renowned jazz guitarist Bruce Clarke. As Bob says: “I started to take music