Bobby Cash

Bobby Cash (born 13 February 1961) is an Indian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist (1= who lives in Clement Town, a suburb of Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand.refn|name=lead1|2=2| It was only in 1995, after his father died, that he moved to New Delhi to pursue a career as a solo musical artist.) An unknown, Cash struck a chord with the country music lovers there and grabbed the attention of the media. A local wealthy farmer, Roy Eykamp, came forward and offered to finance Cash's debut country music album What happened at the festival, and Cash rising from being an unknown to celebrity status became the subject of Bromley's documentary film, The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion.

Cash recorded his debut album, Cowboy at Heart, with some of the cream of the Australian music industry. Produced by Golden Guitar winner, Lawrie Minson, the album also featured duets with Smoky Dawson and Tania Kernaghan.

In June 2005, Cash's music was recognized in the United States by the Country Music Association, Nashville, Tennessee.

India is listed on the country music world map as one of the foreign territories outside the United States with a country music culture and Cash was invited as one of CMA's nominees for Global Artist of the Year Award given in recognition for furthering of country music in a territory other than the United States. While he did not win the Award, Cash's performance at The Stage on Broadway did lead to a standing ovation led by the then chief of CMA, Ed Benson.

The same year, heading back to Australia, he proceeded to record his second album, Phoenix to El Paso, a collection of cover versions of crowd favorites. In 2006, he recorded a third album, State of My Heart. Both albums, Cowboy at Heart and State of My Heart had several tracks from them making it to the Top Ten Australian country music charts. In August 2014, his music single "Ashiyaan" was published by Songdew

Cash toured and played extensively in Australia for a number of years. Currently, he tours mostly in India playing and promoting country music.

Personal life

Cash lives with his wife Angelina and two children in Clement Town, Dehradun, India.

Discography

Hindi pop albums (India)

Yeh Pyaar Hai (Magnasound, 1996) Film Hits On Guitar (Magnasound, 1996) Ruk Ja Baby (Archies Music, 1998)

Country music albums (Australia)

Cowboy at Heart (Gobsmacked Television, Australia, 2003 & Universal Music, India, 2004) Phoenix to El Paso (Gobsmacked Music, Australia, 2004) State of My Heart (Gobsmacked Music, 2006)

Singles

"World Beneath My Wings" (from the album Light of Hope, Meat Pie Music (APRA), 2008)

Documentary film

The Indian Cowboy...One in a Billion (2004) Rockumentary: Evolution of Indian Rock (2018)

Bollywood song

"Budhau" (from the Hindi language feature film Gulabo Sitabo (2020, Rising Sun Productions, Amazon Prime Video)