caption years_active birth_place label article_title name birth_date background instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
bobby long performing in los angeles 2008 -- present wigan , greater manchester , england compass records , maplemusic recordings -lrb- canada -rrb- bobby long -lrb- musician -rrb-
 bobby long 18 september 1985 solo_singer vocals , guitar , harmonica folk , americana , rock , country , blues bobby long performing in los angeles.jpg england robert thomas long singer-songwriter , musician , author
bobby long -lrb- musician -rrb-

bobby long -lrb- born robert thomas long , 18 september 1985 -rrb- is a british singer-songwriter , whose largely acoustic body of work has its roots in folk .
born in wigan , greater manchester , england , he moved at the age of four to calne , wiltshire , where he grew up , though he still holds deep roots in wigan .
he currently resides in new york .
