News & Updates
New Projects and Song
I hope everyone is having a happy Spring so far. I can’t believe that it’s already June. I’ve already had some great shows this year and look forward to upcoming shows in Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Delaware, Michigan, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Go to my Tour section and find out all of the details about upcoming shows. I’ve been busy writing a lot of new songs. Bill Anderson, Marv Green, and I just wrote a Christmas song for Willie Nelson. I also finished a new song with Willie and his producer, Buddy Cannon, for Willie’s next project. The Isaacs recorded a couple of songs that I wrote with Sonya and Becky of the group, and a couple of new artists, Austin Williams and Evan Bartles just released songs that I wrote with them. I have some exciting news to share soon about a new project. Thanks for all of your support, and I look forward to seeing a lot of you at upcoming shows this summer!
August 2021 Update
I’m writing this update in beautiful Frankenmuth, Michigan, where Mo Pitney and I have a couple of shows close by. Things have really started to get busy again with recent shows in Texas, Alabama, Colorado, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Two weeks ago, I celebrated the release of a new single and video for my song, “I’ve Lived Country Music”, in my hometown of Luverne, Alabama. I premiered the video at my hometown library and I had about 40 of my closest family and friends join me. Tess Frizzell also joined me and we sang a few songs including a duet made famous by her Grandmother, Dottie West and Kenny Rogers. I’ve been blessed to have a lot of my songs recorded in the past year and recently released. Steve Dorff, Jay Landers and I wrote the new Barbra Streisand/Willie Nelson duet, “I’d Want It To Be You”. Jeannie Seely, Erin Enderlin and I wrote the recent number one Bluegrass hit, “Like I Could” for Rhonda Vincent and Steve Wariner and I finished a song that the late Dottie West started in the 60’s, titled “If You Could Call It That” and Jeannie Seely recorded it for her new CURB Records release with Steve singing harmony and the song has been in the Music Row Charts. I’ve also had songs on new projects by Mo Pitney, Pam Tillis, Josh Turner, Ruthie Collins, Moe Bandy and Heidi Newfield.
Wheeler
The film, Wheeler, was released to theaters and On Demand February 3rd. Tomberlin co-stars with Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson in the film. Tomberlin also co-wrote three songs for the soundtrack and also co-produced the soundtrack album. Tomberlin joined Dorff on several media tours in New York, L.A. and Nashville. There were premieres held in Nashville and L. A. along with a special screening for press in New York. Dorff and Tomberlin performed songs from the soundtrack at a Grand Ole Opry performance at the Ryman. The film and soundtrack are now available on iTunes.
Songs on New Projects
In recent weeks, Bobby's songs have been getting a lot of activity. His song, "Country", that he wrote with Mo Pitney and Bill Anderson, is featured on a new patriotic CD, being sold in Cracker Barrel gift shops. Mo recently recorded "I'm Rich", that was co-written by Bobby, Mo and Wil Nance. Bobby co-wrote three songs for the Wheeler film soundtrack. Runaway June, Dylan Scott, Darryl Worley and Pam Tillis have also recently recorded songs co written by Bobby.
New Project Coming Soon!
Bobby recently finished recording a new project at CURB Studios. Bobby recorded a version of “One More Day”, as well as songs written with Bobby Bare, Dean Dillon, Mo Pitney, Bill Anderson and Mac Davis. Vince Gill, Sylvia, Bobby Bare, Bill Anderson, Linda Davis, Mo Pitney and Hilary Williams provided vocals on the project. Willie Nelson’s harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, played on a couple of the tracks. The title of the project is Out Of Road. The release is slated for October.
Bobby sings with Loretta
The legendary Loretta Lynn, recently invited Bobby to sing the Loretta/Conway hit, “Lead Me On”, at a tribute to Conway Twitty concert at her ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. Bobby says that singing with Loretta is one of the highlights of his career.
Streisand Goes Platinum
The Barbra Streisand Partners CD has been certified platinum. Bobby co-wrote the Blake Shelton/Barbra duet, “I’d Want It To Be You”, with Jay Landers and Steve Dorff. Barbra sang the song with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show.
Mo Pitney CD coming in October
Mo Pitney’s first CD, Behind This Guitar, will be released October 7th. The project will feature “Country”,( Mo’s first single), written by Mo, Bill Anderson and Bobby. Bobby and Mo have been busy writing songs for Mo’s next project. Mo and Bobby recently traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, where they did two shows.
Bobby returns to the FFA Convention
Bobby recently hosted the FFA String Band Competition at the FFA State Convention, in Montgomery, Alabama. Bobby was a member of the FFA String Band, while in high school and competed in the same competition. Bobby and longtime friend and former FFA officer, Waller Martin, honored their FFA advisor, Windham Pittman, for his many contributions to the FFA.
Bobby plays Tin Pan South with Mac Davis
Bobby recently performed with the legendary Mac Davis at the Tin Pan South Festival in Nashville. Mac is one of Bobby’s songwriting heroes. Some of Mac’s hits include “In The Ghetto” and “Baby, Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me”.