Bobby Hawk was raised in a small Illinois town. For the past 20 years, Bobby has had a New York City-based professional career playing with world class musicians in jazz, bluegrass, rock/pop and country bands. His performances have taken him to China, Europe, and across the US.
He has performed with: Bleachers, Clairo, St. Vincent, Bartees Strange, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Abigail Washburn, Loudon Wainwright III, Mark Guiliana, et cetera.
Bobby has recently been heavily involved in recording with chart-topping pop artists in the US. He is most recognized for playing violin on Grammy-award winning album Folklore and Midnights by Taylor Swift. Bobby's arrangements are featured on Minions:The rise of Gru. He has also recorded for Jack Antonoff/Bleachers, Nick Cave, Sabrina Carpenter, Bartees Strange, Clairo, Lorde, Diana Ross, Bleachers, Phosphorescent, Florence and the Machine, The 1975, St. Vincent.
Bobby Hawk plays these instruments and uses Evah Pirazzi 5 string violin strings.
https://www.timsviolins.co.uk/
https://www.pirastro.com/public_pirastro/pages/en/Evah-Pirazzi-00001/
