Robert V. Tobin, MPA
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"Robert would roll-up his sleeves and help with the smallest job...

... whenever that was needed.  He was able also to meet with the movers and shakers of San Francisco to advocate for homeless people.  It was this ability to work the whole spectrum of management that makes him truly effective as a human being and as a professional."    
HOWARD MAULL
Former Director of Operations & later Executive Director / Central City Hospitality House
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Community organizing experience began at home in Chicago
as the fifth oldest of seventeen children.

Ability to harmonize & collaborate further honed by decades of playing piano, saxophone or bass fiddle in local bands.

31 years of continuous commitment to 12-Step recovery.

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Proud Pappa:

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Left to right:

LOUIE - Combining his culinary and artistic interests in the Big Apple and beyond.

FRANCES - A corporate  leader in marketing advanced technologies.

GEORGE - A proud pappa of Gus and Magnolia who earned his MBA school at University of Illinois.

CLARA - Proud mama of Jumpier, world traveler, surfer, rock climber and dog lover.
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Musically Inclined:

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   1970's 
             - On Tap
  
   1980's 
            - Shut Up & Dance
            - The Lingering Doubts
            - No Requests
   
   1990's 
            - Moonlight Swing Big Band
    
   2000's 
            - Confluence
            - Never Too Late Blues Band
    
   2010's 
            - Rhythm Method
            - Rollin Hazzard
            - Spectrum 7
            - Republicrats
                 

SAMPLES:
 
Rollin Hazzard
        -  Here I Am Again
        -  Help 
        -  Mustang Sally

        -  Done Somebody Wrong
        -  Spider in my Web
        -  Didn't Miss You At All (lyrics by Virgil Nichols/Music by RT)
        -  You Can't Judge A Book
        - 
Summertime
        -  Shine

Rhythm Method:
    Studio recordings (12/12)
       -  Coming Back
        -  Zoot Suit Riot
        -  Sway


Rhythm Method: 
    Music on a Mission event raised $30K for local charities (2/4/12)

         -  Ain't No Sunshine
        -  Game of Love
        -  Heat Wave

 
Others...
       -   Song of Celebration (lyrics by Virgil Nichols/Music by RT)
       -   Tunnel Sax:  "Summertime"
       -   Falling Snow Falling
       -   New Love
       -   Last Tune
       -   Imagine (live in Golden Gate Park)​
       -   Cool Bossa Nova

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OUTTAKES: The Omaha Sessions - Dad, John & Ed

       Mamma Tobin: Passing the Baton (click below)


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Poetry Corner:

   - Book Fifteen: Power of Possibility 

   - Book Fourteen: Detour(s)

   - Very Special Edition: Tribute(s) to Moira Tobin Wickes


   - Very Special Edition: DadBook

   - Book Thirteen: Carrying On


   - Book Twelve: Remembering To Remember

​   - Book Eleven: Thanks Giving

   - Book Ten: Happily Ever After Begins Here
 
   - Book Nine: Reflections (or projections?)

   -
Book Eight: Reverberation(s)  
 
   -
Book Seven: Cause for Pause

   - Book Six: Still Crusin'    

   - Book Five: Recurring Themes   

   - Book Four: Before & After    

    - Book Three: Reflections

    - Book Two: Introspection

    - Book One: Odes to Joy



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