Welcome to BobBB The DrumBuddha Online!

Bob Bachtold – The DrumBuddha - Brand New Website for 2013!

Currently playing live & in the studio with: 

  • Blues Brothers Too Revue & Show Band (Blues Brothers Tribute Act)
  • Dreamland Big Band - Count Basie style seventeen piece Big Band with featured Vocalists Robert Fine (The Sinatra Guy), Grant Eisworth (Grant In Concert), Anna Jacyszyn (Jazz Cafe), & Alisa Parker (KCB
  • Grant In Concert – Vocal Stylings featuring top Favorite Pop, Movie, Show,  Musical & Classic Themes from Past & Present (website coming soon…) 
  • The Most Wanted Band - 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s+ Classic four piece Rhythm Section – Live & Studio (website coming soon…) 
  • The Merkins – Classic & Modern Rock Party Band (website coming soon…)
  • Funktion Groove Machine - 60s/70s Classic eight piece R&B / Funk Horn Band (website coming soon…)

BobBB-DrumBuddha-BB2   BobBB-DrumBuddha-BCT   BobBB-DrumBuddha-DBB

  • Musical Biography (complete; abbreviated see below)
  • Audio Tracks & Samples
  • Video Clips (check out a few below)
  • Complete Discography 
  • Featured Master Classes 
  • Rhythmic Concepts & Lessons 
  • and Much, Much More… Stay Tuned!

Contact BobBB directly at:

  • T: +1 250.808.7734 – Canada 
  • T: +1 415.830.5499 – USA & Int’l
  • E:  bobbachtold@gmail.com
  • W: http://www.drumbuddha.com
  • W: http://www.bobbachtoldmusic.com

Some videos featuring BobBB on YouTube:

“Learnin’ The Blues” – Dreamland Big Band Featuring Robert Fine, Bridges Benefit, Kelowna Community Theatre

http://www.youtube.com/embed/dt6BxX9JqPs

“Sax For The Soul’ – Dreamland Big Band Featuring Malcolm Green, Sax / Composer, Bridges Benefit, Kelowna Community Theatre

http://www.youtube.com/embed/5imWJI0vuqM

Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Dreamland Big Band Featuring Byron Leffler, Wheels For The Cure Benefit, Rutland Centennial Hall

http://www.youtube.com/embed/y5_ZC9p9Hs4

Blues Brothers Too Revue & Show Band – Land of 1000 Dances Excerpt, Lake City Casino

http://www.youtube.com/embed/8LfPWbpngis

… And more videos coming soon, stay tuned!

Bob ‘BobBB The DrumBuddha’ Bachtold has over three decades of experience as a first-call live & studio drummer for top classic & modern R&B, Jazz, Funk, Rock, Blues, Latin, & Big Bands throughout North America…

BobBB is best known for his tone, taste, touch, intense groove, and uncanny ability to take any size and type of musical group to an entirely new level – making the music come alive with that ‘special something’ discerning artists and audiences live for – no matter how demanding the performance situation or environment… 

BobBB has also played with Blue City, The Cruzeros, Julie Masi & Half A Quorum, Michael Garding Big Band & Quartet, George Robert, MoniFunk, Dan Engelland, Cat ‘Phat Betty’ Wells, Danny McBride, Gino Monopoli & ‘Almost Elvis’ Revue, Henry’s Heroes, Kath Raeber, Sonny Rhodes, Cal Batchelor, Jason Buie, ‘Harpdog’ Brown, Rick ‘Poppa Dawg’ Halisheff, Sherman Doucette, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, Blues Tribe, Tony Coleman, Redfish, Heavy Weather, Saxissimo, Let’s Dance, Gary Tackett & California Cowboys, Bobby Black, Paul Sorensen Big Band & Orchestra, Leonard Camplin & Kelowna Pops Orchestra, Leroy Wiens & Okanagan Valley Singers, Jack Semple & Band, Terry Blankenship & Daemon, Cuban Jazz pianist Panchito Calimano, Al Downing, Smiley Ortiz & Trio, Hal Harvey & The Affair, Rod Griffith, The Chambers Brothers, and the Saddleback Community Church Choir & Band, among many, many others…