Listing his occupation as unemployed hockey organist, Mr. Sumpner Jr.'s resume reads like a Who's Who of Rock, Pop and Soul. Eschewing the candy pop sounds of the hobby-rockers, he went on to become today's most potent purveyor of the Canadien Barrelhouse sound... his craft polished in the sprawling, low-ceilinged, blue-collar pubs of Olde Kingsway in Vancouver's rough and tumble East End...

Befriended and sponsored by showcasing Canadien blues giant Jack Lavin, Little Bobby became a staple in Jack's cavalcade of soul, funk and twang, backing such notables as the late great Pee Wee Crayton, Big Mama Thornton, and the always groovy Lowell Fulsom. And yes, friends, this rollicking entertainer is the same teen idol who once filled the bass chair in the now legendary Mothers of Invention.