Background
Bob grew up on a farm outside of Savannah, on a dirt road in south Georgia.
Bob grew up on a farm outside of Savannah, on a dirt road in south Georgia.
He has recorded with producers such as Quincy Jones, Teo Macero (produced: Miles Davis, Robert Palmer, Billie Holiday) and dozens of artists, notably Pam Tillis, Doctor Hook, Eddie Van Halen, Meat Loaf, John Schneider, Kenny Rogers, Gary Puckett, Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton, and Liza Minnelli. with Children. Today, Bob divides his time between Los Angeles and Nashville. He began playing music professionally by age 16 in the local clubs in Savannah.
Soon after high school he moved to Nashville, where he started working as a studio guitarist and songwriter, working with many of Nashville"s top stars in the studio and on the Grand Ole Opry.
He first came to Los Angeles in the mid 80s for a recording session for his first solo Civil Defense with many of Los Angeles"s top studio musicians. A few years later, he returned to Los Angeles again.
lieutenant wasn"t long before he played on his first television show as a side man, for Marvel Comics Saturday morning cartoon shows and the hit television series MacGyver. lieutenant was during that time he teamed up with Grammy winning Saxophonist Ernie Watts, and produced many collaborative original works, including the Billboard Top Ten song "Language of the Heart" which appears on the Ernie Watts Quartet album.
Soon after that he began composing songs and main titles for Columbia Pictures, Sony, Glen Larson at 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His original songs and scores have been heard on hit shows such as Sex and the City, West Wing, X-Files, Chris Isaak Show, Married People, Fame, Route 66, Married.
Bob was later hired as the weekly composer and music producer of the #1 American Broadcasting Company weekly prime-time series Married People including composing the main & end titles, produced by Columbia Pictures/Sony. He has composed for dozens of film and television shows including themes and soundtracks to his recording cartulary-register His solo Civil Defense, Hazardous Material was released in 1997 and featured players from across the music spectrum including Ernie Watts, Abraham Laboriel, Brian Bromberg, Jimmy Earl, Neil Stubenhaus, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Bill Rechienbach, Paul Leim, Dave Carpenter, Greg Mathieson, James Zavala, Jimmy Z, Dann Huff, Luis Conte, Joel Taylor, Pat Coil, and others
A Guitar World magazine review stated "Four Stars – Ain"t Too Proud to Shred – Firepower is the key word in this jazz/rock workout.
Boykin is a ferocious soloist who segues from bop-style jazz phrases to wailing rock licks with the greatest of ease.”
Vintage Guitar magazine says..."From "70s-style funk, to blues, to killer ballad work and pretty much any jazz style you can think of, Boykin"s playing shines."
Guitar International magazine names him "… a "go to" session player in Los Angeles and Nashville, with an impressive body of music that regularly finds its way into top television programs and commercials as well as major motion pictures.".
With Children, Sea Hunt, L. A. Firefighters and Moon Over Miami (with members of the "Tonight Show Band") and feature films like Toy Story, Chicken Run, Red Surf, Keys To Tulsa, Sister Sister, Flypaper, American Film Institute, Women in FilmSteven Spielberg, Down The Barrel, and Take The Lead (starring Antonio Banderas) to name a few.