Press release

Bob Livingston came to Austin in 1971 with Michael Martin Murphey after playing bass on Murphey’s Geronimo’s Cadillac album. In Austin, Livingston reinvented himself as the Lost Gonzo Band bass-player/singer who toured and recorded with visionary misfits like Jerry Jeff Walker, Murphey, the Lost Gonzo Band, and Ray Wylie Hubbard. They called it the ‘progressive country scare!'”
Livingston has seen a lot of the world since growing up in musically fertile West Texas. Hailing originally from San Antonio, Bob moved to Lubbock as a boy where his interests turned more ‘Cosmic’ than ‘Cowboy’ and prompted him to delve into the music and mysteries of many cultures. Traveling since the 80’s as a Music Ambassador for the US State Department, Livingston has taken Texas music as far afield as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Africa, Vietnam and the Middle East, demonstrating again and again the unique power that music has to build bridges between peoples of the world.

As Livingston says, ‘When all else fails, music prevails’.

These tours earned him the honor of being appointed, “Ambassador of Goodwill,” by the State
of Texas and “Austin’s International Music Ambassador,” by the City of Austin. Bob was inducted into the “West Texas Walk of Fame” in 2018 and the “Texas Music Legends Hall of Fame” in 2016.
This world-traveled view was reflected in Livingston’s 2004 release, Mahatma Gandhi & Sitting Bull (AKA Original Spirit), a romp through the music and lore of both east and west. Next up was Gypsy Alibi ,which was named Album of the Year by the Texas Music Awards in 2011.  2018’s Up the Flatland Stairs drew a great review from ‘Cowboys & Indians Magazine’.
P.S. The Lost Gonzo Band has returned. They have recently played some high profile shows such as the Paramount Theater in Austin, Gruene Hall (oldest dance hall in Texas) in Gruene, Texas, and at the Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion 2022. He also has played many times at WoodyFest and the Kerrville Festivals, among many others. He has graced stages in the McKinney, Durant, Sherman and Denison areas.

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Call 903-583-2661 for reservations. (Seating is limited, so no shows are a no-no; please call in advance to cancel. Concert is $20 per person, cash or check payable to Bob Livingston at the table.

Harmony House is on Wildscape Acres, 10 miles north of Bonham and 65 miles NE of Dallas. As for directions when you call for your reservations.