Bob Dorr
Studio One HostBob started his 40+ year career in Iowa Public Broadcasting (radio and TV) when he did the first rock 'n' roll show EVAH on an Iowa Public Radio station Oct. 2, 1972. He was honored/recognized for those years by being inducted into the Iowa Rock'n'Roll Music Association's Hall of Fame in Sept. of 2000.
Simultaneously, Bob has been the leader, singer, and harmonica player of The Blue Band for 30+ years for which he was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame in 2005 and reinducted into the Iowa Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Bob has a BA in Radio/TV Speech from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
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Iowa Public Radio music hosts Karen Impola, Barney Sherman and Bob Dorr joined Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe to share the folk, classical, and blues releases they listened to in 2022.
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IPR Music hosts Karen Impola, Barney Sherman and Bob Dorr share their top picks for new music releases of 2021.
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When I called around to some record stores in the Cedar Valley, including the mega-merchandising big box stores, NO ONE had a copy on the day it was released.
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IPR's Bob Dorr shares his picks for the best blues releases of 2020.
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Iowa Public Radio's Bob Dorr reflects on the day John Lennon died, and how it changed his life, 40 years after Lennon's assassination.
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Rock and roll babies, here's your best of list for 2017, according to Bob Dorr! He talked about his favorite releases and re-releases of the year with…
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Looking for the best of Blues in 2016? Bob Dorr, frontman for Bob Dorr and the Blue Band and host of Beatles Medley, Backtracks, and Blue Avenue on Iowa…
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Several dependable bands, some innovators and a few pleasant surprises made the list of IPR's Studio One hosts' favorite music of 2014.Host Charity Nebbe…
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Host Charity Nebbe sits down with "Studio One" host Mark Simmet and "Blue Avenue" and "Backtracks" host Bob Dorr of Iowa Public Radio's Studio One to talk…
