Bob Crespo

Welcome to bobcrespo.com, THE SECOND BEST WEBSITE IN THE WORLD! As the title tells you, my name is Bob Crespo, chief cook and bottle washer around here. There, that was easy. I sometimes write under the name R.R. Crespo just to confuse the hell out of people and seem important. I guess R.R. looks more literary than Bob, but Bob I am to everybody I meet, except my sons. To them I’m Dad, at least to my face. No doubt they have other names for an exasperating pain in the ass like me but they’ve got the decency to keep those amongst themselves. Or to people who drive the same streets as I do here in Brooklyn. They’ve got lots of names for me, some of them quite imaginative. Brooklyn people are generally not a reticent bunch.

At any rate, the story of my life is pretty interesting, at least to me. So is yours to you I would hope. I was born in Brooklyn, the geographic center of the Universe (you could look it up on the internet, says so right here at bobcrespo.com) when Eisenhower was president and the Dodgers played downtown. Well, the Dodgers celebrated finally winning the damned World Series by skipping town three years later and Eisenhower went the way of all presidential flesh but I’m still here in Brooklyn. Somebody’s got to look after the place and keep order, no? Never felt the urge to relocate. When you are in the place you’re supposed to be in, what’s the point?

Mainly, there’s the songs I write, and short stories too. Then there’s the (more often than not. Okay, okay, sometimes) fabulous blogs I write every day and my LIFE EXPLAINED feature to help the curious, the confused and the addled. I am also the Director of THE DEPARTMENT OF POINTING OUT THE OBVIOUS (DOPOTO). I have been playing and writing songs for years and years in New York City and the surrounding area, mostly with the notorious Tash Brothers Band as well as on my own and with many other mighty combos. My new act is called (what a shock!) Bobcrespo.com. Might as well promote the website and the music all at once. I’m probably the best singer/songwriter you never heard of, having written a ton of songs in many different styles. Great stuff. Listen and check it out if you doubt. You’ve got to back up your  boasts, another thing I learned in Brooklyn. Hey singers out there, want to record some good material for a change? Let’s talk. I was going to call the site yoursongssuckbutminedon’t.com but was talked out of it. It was tempting, though.

Back to my life story? I don’t think so. My main hobby is minding my own business so that’s about as much of a biography as I’m willing to to write. I think I said it best in my song Brooklyn Blues:

So that’s about it, now go the main feature of the site:
Songs, songs, songs! Lyrics! Short Stories (read all about it!) Photos (yes, I am that damned ugly. What’s it to you?)! Blogs! LIFE EXPLAINED! Links to other interesting websites! Songs for sale! Stories for sale! Brooklyn celebrated! WORLD DOMINATION within my sweaty grasp! Welcome to my world, bobcrespo.com, the SECOND BEST WEBSITE INTHE WORLDI