Artist description Singer/Songwriter/Flatpick Guitarist/Member of Seldom Home Bluegrass Band and Raven Moon Eclectic Acoustic Band.

Music Style folk, bluegrass, urban folk, alternative country, etc.

Musical Influences Norman Blake, David Bromberg, Groucho Marx, Alan Sherman

Similar Artists Not sure. Help me, please.

Artist History I've been playing guitar and writing songs since the early 70's. I started playing out regularly in 1996.

Group Members Gen Obata

Instruments Martin HD-28 acoustic guitar, Taylor 510 acoustic guitar

Albums Take Me Don't Take Me

Press Reviews Roy Kasten in the St. Louis Riverfront Times writes, "his guitar playing has the emphatic muscularity of Lester Flatt and the illuminating melodicism of Doc Watson, who, like Obata, developed his style on old fiddle tunes transposed to guitar."The whole article can be found at: http://www.rftstl.com/issues/2000-12-20/citysounds2.html

Location St. Louis, MO - USA

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