COUNTRY MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN REGARDED AS AN AMERICAN SOUND BRED IN THE SOUTHERN REGIONS, BUT IF FANS HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THE LIKES OF KEITH URBAN, COUNTRY MUSIC CAN COME UP FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THIS LEADS US TO THE GERMAN COWBOY HIMSELF, ROB GEORG.
VERY FEW WOULD IMAGINE A COWBOY FROM GERMANY, BUT ROB GEORG JUST DOES NOT WEAR THE LABEL, HE LIVES THE LIFESTYLE. HE SPENT THE FIRST CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE AS A PROFESSIONAL EQUESTRIAN ATHLETE IN THE DISCIPLINE OF CUTTING. HERE COWBOYS WORK CATTLE FROM HORSEBACK, ALL IN TRUE COUNTRY FASHION. HE HAS WON VARIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES THAT HAVE LED HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIGHLY ENDOWED TOURNAMENT, THE WORLD SERIES.
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FOR AN ENTIRE DECADE GEORG WAS TRAVELING ACROSS AMERICAN CUTTING ARENAS WITH HIS TRAINER DEAN TERRY. WITH THE MANY MILES SPENT TOGETHER ON THE HIGHWAYS, THE TWO SOON CONNECTED A DEEP FRIENDSHIP. WHEN TERRY PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY 2018 AND GEORG’S BELOVED SOUL HORSE "PRIMETIME SHORTY" ALSO CROSSED THE RAINBOW BRIDGE JUST ONE MONTH LATER, A WORLD BROKE DOWN FOR THE COWBOY. TO CLEAR HIS HEAD, HE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM RANCH LIFE.
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AND SO, THE PASSIONATE AMATEUR SINGER FLEW TO NASHVILLE “MUSIC CITY U.S.A.” TENNESSEE TO WORK ON HIS SINGING SKILLS WITH PROFESSIONAL VOCAL COACH KRISTIN K. SMITH (CUSTOMERS: KATIE MAC, JILIAN STEELE, CASEY DERHAK, SMITHFIELD, AND JOSH DORR TO NAME JUST A FEW).
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ENCOURAGED BY HER WORDS, GEORG BEGAN RECORDING HIS MUSIC AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. HIS DEBUT SINGLE "PUSH THAT HORN", A TRIBUTE WHICH HE WROTE IN MEMORY OF DEAN TERRY, WAS RELEASED IN JUNE 2018 AND IS STILL BEING PLAYED IN EVERY CUTTING ARENA IN THE U.S.
SINCE THEN, GEORG HAS RELEASED SEVERAL COUNTRY SINGLES FURTHER DEMONSTRATING HIS SONGWRITING TALENT, AS WELL AS HIS VOCAL PROWESS. GEORG ALSO KNOWS HOW TO CAPTIVATE HIS AUDIENCE LIVE, WHETHER ON HIS FIRST U.S. TOUR FROM DENVER TO SEATTLE, ON STAGES ON NASHVILLE BROADWAY SCENE OR THE BIGGEST COUNTRY MUSIC EVENTS IN EUROPE, SUCH AS THE COUNTRY MUSIC MEETING BERLIN OR THE WESTERN EXPERIENCE IN THE NETHERLANDS - THE 'GERMAN COWBOY', RADIO DJ'S AROUND THE GLOBE GAVE HIM THAT NAME, CASTS A SPELL OVER THE AUDIENCE.
​IN 2020 GEORG’S DEBUT ALBUM "RADIO COWBOY" WAS RELEASED TO MUCH PRAISE. FANS AND MUSIC CRITICS ARE EQUALLY ENTHUSIASTIC:
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• "... A GREAT, VERY CATCHING ALBUM, WHICH IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST "GERMAN" PRODUCTIONS OF THE PAST 10 YEARS ..."
COUNTRY.DE (GERMANY'S LARGEST ONLINE COUNTRY MUSIC MAGAZINE)
• "HONESTLY, THERE ISN'T A SUB-PAR TRACK ON THE ALBUM, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE WEALTHY, ENTICING VOICE OF ROB GEORG, OH SO APPEALING."
RAWCKUS.COM (RAWCKUS MAGAZINE REVIEWS NEW RELEASES IN ALL GENRES OF MUSIC)
• "... RAISES THE BAR IN TERMS OF PASSION, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT ..."
ARTISTRACK.COM (ARTISTRACK MAGAZINE EVALUATES NEW RELEASES IN ALL MUSIC GENRES)
• "ROB GEORG'S SKILLS AND TALENT IS UNQUESTIONABLE AND EVERY SONG IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE LAST"
INDIEPULSEMUSIC.COM (INDIE PULSE MUSIC MAGAZINE REVIEWS NEW RELEASES OF ALL MUSIC GENRES)
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GEORG HAD AN INSANELY GOOD YEAR 2020 - WITH HIS ALBUM RELEASE, HE NOT ONLY CELEBRATED CHART PLACEMENTS, INVITATIONS TO SPECIAL LIVE CONCERTS, SUCH AS THE COUNTRY RADIO SEMINAR IN NASHVILLE IN FEBRUARY, OR STREAMING NUMBERS - HE ALSO RECEIVED HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AWARD AT THE NEW MUSIC AWARDS "BREAKTHROUGH COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR" IN THE US, WHICH IS HANDED OUT IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THE FAIR PLAY COUNTRY MUSIC RED CARPET AWARD IN THE NETHERLANDS "AMAZING MALE VOICE COUNTRY POP ORIGINAL". SO, IT WILL NOT SURPRISE YOU THAT GEORG AND HIS CO-WRITERS ARE ALREADY BUSY WRITING TRACKS FOR THE SECOND ALBUM.
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IN HIS COVID19 LOCKDOWN PROJECT, A SPOTIFY PODCAST CALLED "COUNTRY MUSIC AIN'T DEAD," OF WHICH THE FIRST EPISODE WAS RELEASED IN EARLY DECEMBER 2020, HE SUPPORTED OTHER COUNTRY ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD BY INTERVIEWING THEM AND THEN INTRODUCING THEM TO HIS SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS. MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND ARTISTS ARE JOCKEYING FOR INTERVIEW SLOTS ON THE BI-WEEKLY ARTIST TALK, WHICH HAS BEEN BOOKED FULL INTO LATE SUMMER 2021.
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ON TOP OF THE STRUGGLE ALL ARTISTS HAD TO FACE IN THIS UNEXPECTED COVID PERIOD, BAD NEWS WERE ADDING UP FOR GEORG IN EARLY 2021. BOTH OF HIS PARENTS GOT DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE ILLNESSES, HIS FATHER ROLF WITH COLON CANCER AND PARKINSON'S, HIS MOTHER CHRISTA WITH ALZHEIMER'S. SO HE DECIDED TO MOVE INTO HIS PARENTS HOUSE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, FOR THE CARETAKING OF THEM AND FOR HELPING HIS FATHER TO RECOVER FROM THE SEVERE SURGICAL PROCEDURES, SPENDING THE NIGHTS WATCHING OVER MOM & DAD AT THEIR HOUSE WRITING NEW SONGS. "I NEVER WROTE MY LYRICS AND RECORDED MY VOCALS WITH SO MUCH DEVOTION AND EMOTION LIKE I DID FOR THESE SONGS!" GEORG SAYS FOLLOWED BY A DEEP SIGH.
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IF THERE'S ONE THING ROB PROVED TO US WITH THE TWO SONGS "GHOST" AND "CARRY THE WIND" FROM HIS DEBUT ALBUM, IT'S THAT HIS SPECIAL TALENT IS TO TURN HEARTBREAKING EXPERIENCES INTO WONDERFUL PIECES OF MUSIC THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.​​​
AS SOON AS THE TRAVEL BAN WAS LIFTED IN LATE 2021, ROB FINALLY WAS ABLE TO PLANT HIS FEET ON US GROUND AGAIN, JUST TO BE BACK IN THE STUDIO AND RECORD THE NEW MATERIAL, OF WHICH ONE NEW SONG HAD BEEN PUBLISHED EVERY 6 WEEKS FROM MARCH 2022 ON, WHILE HIS TOURING & GIGGING HAD BEEN ON A BREAK DUE TO CARETAKING. WITH RECEIVING THE NEW MUSIC AWARD (USA) IN THE CATEGORY "COUNTRY BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST 2022" AND BEING NOMINATED FOR THE JOSIE AWARDS IN THE CATEGORIES "ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2022" AND "SONG OF THE YEAR 2022" ("MY MOTHER'S ARMS", THE SECOND RELEASE OF THE NEW RECORDED SONGS), HE PROOFED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH SONG RELEASES ONLY- AGAINST ALL ODDS. IT WAS ALSO IN 2022, WHEN ROB'S DAUGHTER LISA GAVE BIRTH TO ROB'S FIRST GRANDCHILD EVELIN! GEORG ENJOYS BEING A GRANDFATHER, HIS RELATIONSHIP TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER IS EXTRAORDINARY DEEP.
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2023 CONTINUED WITH UPS AND DOWNS: WITH ANOTHER JOSIE AWARD NOMINATION (USA) FOR HIS SONG 'WON FOR Y'ALL' IN EARLY 2023 AS WELL AS DIFFERENT NUMBER ONE RADIO CHART POSITIONS IN THE US, GEORG CONTINUED TO RIDE THE WAVE OF SUCCESS, WHILEST HIS FATHER ROLF DID WORSE, FINALLY LOOSING HIS BATTLE AGAINST PARKINSON´S IN JULY 2023, JUST 6 WEEKS BEFORE LISA GAVE BIRTH TO HER NEXT CHILD - A BOY NAMED DAMIAN, TURNING GEORG INTO A TWO-TIME GRANDFATHER. LIKE HIS SISTER EVELIN, DDAMIAN'S VERY CLOSE TO HIS SINGING GRANDFATHER. ROB DESCRIBED HIS FATHER'S BATTLE IN THE SONG 'CLIMB THIS MOUNTAIN', WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF THE NEW RECORDED SONGS TO PUBLISH IN 2022 WHILE HIS FATHER WAS STILL ALIVE. DIFFERENT PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE SUPPORTED THE RELEASE.​
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IN FEBRUARY 2024, CARETAKING CAME TO A SUDDEN END WITH ROB'S BELOVED MOTHER CHRISTA PASSING IN ROB'S ARMS, 3 MONTHS AFTER SHE GOT DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER ON TOP OF HER ALZHEIMER'S, LEAVING ROB EMOTIONALLY & PHYSICALLY BRUISED & BATTERED, WITH AN ABDOMINAL WALL RUPTURE THAT NEEDED SURGICAL TREATMENT. SOMETIMES LIFE BRINGS GOOD THINGS IN BAD TIMES: AT THE SAME TIME HIS SONG 'WON FOR Y'ALL' HELD STRONG ON THE #1 POSITION AT THE NATIONAL RADIO HITS COUNTRY CHART IN THE US FOR UNBELIEVABLE 11 WEEKS & AND GEORG GOT NOMINATED FOR THE NEW MUSIC AWARD IN HOLLYWOOD ONE MORE TIME. IT TOOK THE REST OF THE YEAR FOR ROB TO RECOVER FROM THE SURGERY. ​
HIS FANS NEVER STOPPED TO SUPPORT GEORG, ALSO NOT DURING THE HARD TIMES! A FOLLOWING OF MEANWHILE OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (WHEREAS FACEBOOK IS HIS MAJOR, FAVORITE AND MOST ACTIVE PLATFORM WITH OVER 900K FOLLOWERS, FOLLOWED BY INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK, THE ACCOUNTS ON CLAPPER AND X ARE JUST-TO-BE-ON-THERE ACCOUNTS AND RECEIVE NO UPDATES) , OVER 2 MILLION SPOTIFY STREAMS AND OVER 10 MILLION VIEWS ON HIS OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS (YOUTUBE & FACEBOOK) SHOW HOW MUCH HIS AUDIENCE LOVES HIM AROUND THE GLOBE, WITH MAJOR FAN BASES IN THE US, CANADA, BRASIL, MEXICO, CHILE AND THE PHILLIPPINES.
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​NOW, IN 2025, HE IS THE COWBOY THAT HE USED TO BE - AT THE PLACE HE BELONGS TO: THE RANCH! TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE MEL GEORG, HE RUNS IT IN THE ODENWALD FOREST, GERMANY, WITH HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP AND A BUNCH OF BORDER COLLIES, WHICH MEL BREEDS AND TRAINS TO BE STOCKDOGS UNDER THE KENNEL NAME GID BORDER COLLIES. ASKED WHY HE'S STILL DOING THE CHORES HIMSELF, GEORG ANSWERS "THE ANIMALS ARE MY LIFE, AND I CAN'T THINK OF DOING SOMETHING ELSE. THIS IS WHERE I FIND MY INSPIRATION. THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME GROUNDED."
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE RANCH, WHERE HE'S WORKING ON NEW SONGS, PROJECTS AND THE UPCOMING TOURS, WHILE A NEXT SONG OF HIS CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE NATIONAL RADIO HITS COUNTRY IN FEBRUARY 2025 - THE SONG HE WROTE FOR HIS DAD AND HIS BATTLE AGAINST PARKINSON'S 'CLIMB THIS MOUNTAIN'.
FIRST PROJECTS HAVE COME TO LIFE ALREADY - HE'S HOSTING THE 'WEDNESDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC' EVENT, WHICH IS A BI-WEEKLY TALENT SHOW (EVERY 2ND AND 4TH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH), AT WIEGMAN'S AMERICAN RESTAURANT IN WALLDUERN, GERMANY AND PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON RISING TALENT WITH HIS WORK AS A CURATOR FOR THE CMMP BRAND, RESPONSIBLE FOR SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS LIKE THE 'HOT INDIE COUNTRY', THE 'EPIC INDIE COUNTRY 2025', THE 'HOT INDIE COUNTRY ROCK' AND MORE.
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GEORG’S SONGS REFLECT THE LIFE HE LEADS AND THE STORIES HE LIVES TO TELL. HIS COLLABORATION WITH HIS PRODUCER KRISTIN K. SMITH ENSURES HIS MUSIC ALIGNS WITH AMERICAN COUNTRY STANDARDS, BRIDGING CULTURAL GAPS WHILE MAINTAINING A GENUINE COWBOY PERSONA ROOTED IN HIS HIS EQUESTRIAN BACKGROUND. WHILE GERMAN COUNTRY MUSIC REMAINS A NICHE, GEORG'S NASHVILLE-TRACKED RECORDS, CHART SUCCESS AND AWARDS POSITION HIM AS THE MOST INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GERMAN COUNTRY ARTIST TO DATE.
