Bob Schneider

If you’re a folksy, idiosyncratic musician from Austin, it might be in your interest not to have a name as commonplace as Bob Schneider. Luckily, the inimitable Schneider has avoided any woodwork-blending by rocking a style that defies classification. It has paid off with high-profile opening gigs for the Dixie Chicks and Dave Matthews, and a (perhaps unrelated) headline-grabbing romance with Sandra Bullock. But over the course of his decade-plus career, Schneider has managed to carve out a soulful, bluesy and occasionally funky sound that deserves to outshine his loose associations.