Rob Moore Guitar

Blues guitarist, vocalist, bandleader, songwriter

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Rob ”Wild Boar” Moore has been a professional blues artist for over 50 years. He has performed extensively as a guitarist, sideman, and bandleader throughout Chicago, Florida, and beyond. In 2022 he released his second album, “Used to be Wild”. The collection of original songs has received positive press and international airplay. His next album, “Chicago Dog,” will be released in 2024.

 

Rob has been an active blues artist since high school. By the time he was 19, he was meeting and sitting in with some of the greatest legends of the blues including Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, and Sam Lay. After several years he began working extensively with Wild Child Butler and Little Bobby Neely. In addition, he led his own bands and did frequent work as a sideman. In 1979 Rob did a tour with John Lee Hooker when the Boogieman’s regular guitarist was not available. 

                        

 In the early 80’s Rob returned to college, completed two degrees in education, and moved to Miami. He became a professor at Miami Dade College, teaching in 3 subject areas including blues and jazz history in his humanities classes. For some 11 years he led a band that featured South Florida favorite Clifford Hawkins. They played a circuit from Daytona to Key West and released the 1997 album “Eye of the Storm” that received extensive airplay in South Florida.    

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Wild Boar retired from teaching in 2017 and moved back to Chicago. He did some gigs as a sideman before focusing on performing his own material. Rob was a regular at Rewired Café for 2 ½ until a fire destroyed the room. He can be seen at various clubs on Chicago’s north side including Aura Beach Café where he appears regularly throughout the summer. Rob “Wild Boar” Moore is available for gigs locally, nationally and internationally.