Some things, some people are worth waiting for. Rob Bonfiglio is certainly one. From the opening moments of the show, Rob kills the title track of his recently dropped masterful power pop CD, Trouble Again. A Philly boy, Rob takes us through the junior high school band that wasn’t, the teacher who opened the door to jazz which became Rob’s passion, Berklee College of Music, Wanderlust his first signed band, who just happened to open for The Who. Stop! He speaks of the meeting and courtship of his soon to be bride, Carnie Wilson––their early days in Philly, mmove to LA, the rebirth of Wilson Phillips with Rob as guitarist and musical director, having babies, being grossly manipulated and misrepresented on Celebrity Wife Swap, to fulfilling a long held dream to join Brian Wilson’s Band, which he did this past year, playing guitar and singing high lead Beach Boy vocals on many of the songs he’d come to appreciate as melancholy genius from the iconic Pet Sounds. A life well-lived, most impressive is the man he is.

Scheduled last month, the Facebook had been down all day… we didn’t call it until moments before Rob was to jump in his car. When he commits, he shows up. Period. As proven when he headlined Women Who Write in January in spite of having a nasty cold. “There’s no illness in show bizness.”

The first time I met Rob he was playing guitar for Nick Guzman’s house concert. I never would’ve guessed in that moment the magnitude of his career. This night he was a supporting player, a sideman, albeit a brilliant one, as he was at the recent Wild Honey concert, and the two before that. He’s humble and gracious… dare I say. always?

We talked his early obsession with Kiss, his days in Boston and New York, Peter Asher, Ken Sharp, Mackenzie Philips (his mishpucha), Al Jardine, John, Bob and Susan Cowsill, Will Lee, Zak Nilsson, Nick Guzman, The Flower Power and '70s Rock & Romance Cruises from which he just returned and a slew of jazz greats who’ve inspired him.

Rob’s before-mentioned recently dropped CD, Trouble Again, ranked #1 on Marcus Blake's Album picks for 2018 is in heavy rotation in my kitchen. Oh my lord how I love it. And him. He has mad talent, a sweet and gentle soul, and is damn easy on the eyes.

Loved, loved, loved the time.

Rob Bonfiglio on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wed, 4/10/19, 7 pm PT/ 10 pm ET

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