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Your A-List: Best Singer-Songwriter
For years and years, after Stevie Ray Vaughan’s passing and before indie rock and the ubiquity of hipsters, Bob Schneider was more or less synonymous with the Austin music scene. And after all that time he’s still going strong and is the winner, with 27 percent of the vote, of the Your A-List poll for Best Singer-Songwriter.
Although, in a testament to our pop culture, some may have come to know Schneider as the boyfriend of Sandra Bullock for a time, the musician has had a strong career in various bands, starting with funk outfit Joe Rockhead, and moving on to the Ugly Americans, The Scabs (with whom he arguably got his first serious recognition), and eventually striking out on his own as a solo artist who also performed under the moniker Loneyland. Throughout his career, the guitar playing Schneider has mixed elements of funk, rock and, increasingly, the darkly romantic ethos of traditional singer-songwriter material to establish his familiar hybrid sound.
Schneider is still a regular fixture on the Austin scene, playing solo shows at the Saxon Pub, Antone’s and Threadgill’s regularly, and still pops up with members of the Scabs from time to time. His ubiquitous and long-standing presence on the Austin music scene is a testament to his endurance as a performer and the devoted fan base he has cultivated in his adopted hometown of Austin.
Others receiving votes
- Joe Ely, 17 percent
- Patty Griffin, 15 percent
- Eliza Gilkyson, 15 percent
- Bruce Robison, 10 percent
- Ray Wylie Hubbard, 5 percent
- Patrice Pike, 5 percent
- Slaid Cleaves, 3 percent
- Wendy Colonna, 2 percent
- Bill Callahan, 1 percent
Write-ins: Doyle Bramhall, Adam Carroll, Matt Powell, Nathan Singleton, Wynn Taylor, Rick Trevino, Jimmy Vaughan, Mark Viator, Carolyn Wonderland, Josh Zee
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