User:MastaBob

Artist Robert William Mann II was born August 5th 1956 to Jack Jordan Mann Sr. and Frances Elaine Davis Mann of Carthage Mississippi. His father was a long time public official and his mother a house wife. He has one sibling Jack Jordan Mann Jr. born in 1951.

Robert lived in Carthage Ms. till 1971 and moved to Jackson Mississippi to finish his schooling at St.Andrews and The Education Center. From 1976-79 he attended University of Southern Mississippi which he received no degrees but' got everyones attention while there. Robert moved to New Orleans 1982 and then Boston 1984 in which his day work was lighting film and his night job as a drummer landed him in the middle of the emerging art scene in Boston and New York. While working with the Don Law Company he met and played with musicians Mark Sandman,Joe Harvard,David Hull and George"Leroy"Lewis. labeled as a blues drummer he wanted people to know he was actually a progressive advent garde artist and musician. He began working in studios producing and engineering a lot of Boston music projects which led up to him managing artist and venues. While recovering from carpel tunnel syndrome Tim Collin's pulled him in to help with "Aerosmith" in which his work became synonymous with the name. Later he left Collin,s and went to work for Bert Holman reorganizing "The Allman Brothers Band. Robert left the music and touring world to work in corporate productions and Broadway. He moved to Austin Texas and then Phoenix Arizona were he has had twenty year run. Working for Arizona Theatre Company for five years establish him as a well sought out production manager/designer and large event organizer bringing in some of the biggest events that Tucson and Phoenix have ever had. More Later...