Dave Eton as our Bob

Lead Vocals Guitar Harmonica

Dave, our own Bob Dylan is the newest member to the profession. While he's been playing for years, To Bob is his 1st real band. Keeping it in the family, Dave's musical genius is evident in his son Sam, a session guitarist now playing with top ten chart artiste K.T Tunstal. At one time Sam was going to be in the To Bob band - as one of the guitarists, but was too busy, 'lucky chap'.

FIRST Gig- Dave's first gig with a live band was with TO BOB, in our Local pub the Yucatan Stoke Newington, where, he and Ronny first brought the To Bob idea to fruition.

And can you believe it, Dave used to be in The Old Bill. What, a Copper in the band?

Dave's Biography

Dave first got into Dylan at the age of 15 and has been so ever since, along with the Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Neil Young and Crosby & Stills of course. "I spent most of my teenage Monday nights at the Cook's Ferry Inn on the North Circular, watching performers such as Clapton with John Mayal; Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac; The Graham Bond Organisation; Steve Windwood doing a 30 min. version of 'keep on running'; Steve Earle; Little Feet; The Faces; The Kinks; The Pretty Things; Ryne Adams; John Lee Hooker and Alexis Korner - with whom I had the pleasure of jamming together with his late son Nico when we both lived in Walthamstow.
I spent several years as a P.C. (Police person) in London E17. I used to listen to John Peel in the panda car on wet Sunday afternoon tea breaks. One late -turn too many (& reading the International Times!) must have been the spark for my next phase.
I went on a call to a rock & rollers party - it had been gatecrashed by skinheads who had run off with the music system! Rather than nicking any one for drugs, within a few months I had left the police and started squatting & hanging out and all that stuff that goes with that life style. I ended up in a big squat in Warren St., W1. Did alot of busking around the West end and sung along to the radio with my new job at the time, long distance lorry driving.
So here I am at 56 with a 27 year old son, Sam, with whom I occasionally play gigs doing our own songs. He's now a professional guitarist playing with many top artists. Most of my performing over the last 15 years has been solo guitar and harmonica with the odd collaboration with my son and his mates in Venues like the Weavers Arms or the 12 Bar Club, Denmark St. W1. The first step to forming To Bob was a jam at the Yucatan, Stoke Newington, N16. Me, my son Sam and Ronny were playing the blues when we got a request for a Dylan song, so we jammed it, and Ronny said "you sing and play like Dylan does so why don't we form a Dylan Tribute band". I didn't think it was going to happen over night, but on the first rehersal it did. To Bob was born." Dave Eaton

Dave's Top 5 Dylan songs

1.Like A Rolling Stone. Ending up back in a squat in your 40's suddenly is a sure-fine hook to this song.

2.Girl from the North Country. Wont say too much on that!!!

3.You'r a big Girl now.

4.Positively 4th Street. His "Midnight Cowboy" on vinyl.

5.Subterranean Homesick Blues." Feels like the soundtrack to my life."

More Biography

II first got into Dylan when I was 15 years old

My teenage years were spent largely at Cooks Ferry Inn on the North Circular road listening to bands like John Mayal's blues breakers with Clapton, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, Graham Bond Organisation.

Whilst squatting in Walthamstow in the 70's I briefly had a band with Alexis korners San Nico R.I.P. followed by years of buskin and various collaborations at Venues like the Forge /now the 12 bar in Denmark St and the Weavers Arms at Stoke Newington.

This is my dream band come true To Bob, although on the 1st song, on the 1st rehearsal convinced me of that. It was an instant band, which you can expect Considering the track record & calibre of each band member." Hope to see you at the gig" Dave Eton.