Geddins, Bob

Geddins, Bob 6 February 1913; Hybank, TX – 16 February 1991; Oakland, CA Record producer, songwriter, and occasional vocalist, Bob Geddins was the dominant figure in Bay Area blues from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s. He moved to Oakland from Los Angeles in 1941 and, as well as working in the shipyard, also was a partner in a record shop on Seventh Street. Realizing that local artists were not being recorded he began (sometimes in partnership with others) a series of labels (Big Town, Down…