Real name: Robert Maxwell Case

Effective period / Period of releases: 1976

Robert Maxwell Case, born in Olean, NY, was raised in the rural Appalachin Mountain village of Franklinville, NY. In junior high he began playing guitar and singing in rockabilly bands, performing after high school basketball games and at teen clubs. His primary group, The Vibratones, performed seasonally at Lime Lake Pavilion dance hall where Levon Helm & The Hawks and The Rockin' Rebels ("Wild Weekend") also played regularly. He was graduated from Ten Broeck Academy / Franklinville Central School and attended the University of Buffalo for two years where his bands were contemporaries of Stan & The Ravens, The Rising Sons (featuring Jimmy Caliri) and Ronnie James Dio & Elf. (Robert's group opened for Link Wray & The Wraymen and sometimes performed as "The Roddymen," WKBW deejay and "Price Is Right" announcer Rod Roddy's record hop group.)

Robert transferred to St. Bonaventure University and was graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Business Management. While there he worked in small R&B and pop-rock combos, gaining an opening act slot for Patti Page at the Three Rivers Inn in Syracuse, NY. Following college, he moved to New York City and signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records, releasing one single, "For Awhile We Helped Each Other Out" b/w "When I'm Wrong You Never Forget."

After brief stints with Eastman Kodak Co. and the U.S. Army, Robert began performing as a soloist in the Rochester, NY metro. His singles "Cookie & Lila" and "Movin' In The Same Circles" both charted Top 10 on country station WNYR and his original, "Livin' The Life," received national notice in Billboard magazine. Over the next 15 years he released two vinyl LPs, "Let The Cowboy Dance" and "Rest Your Love On Me Awhile," four cassette-only releases, "That's All," "Let It Be Me," "Case Country," and "Always," as well as numerous vinyl singles. During this time, Robert appeared as opening act in concert with national recording artists including: Ricky Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette, The Statler Brothers, Riders In The Sky, Asleep At The Wheel, Sonny James, The Bellamy Brothers, Little Jimmy Dickens, David Houston, Cal Smith, the Original Drifting Cowboys (Hank Williams Sr.’s band), and Ronny Robbins (Marty’s son.) Robert performed regularly at the Americana Rochester hotels, the Country Warehouse, the Schoolhouse, the Periwinkle Pub, and was a staple of the city's annual Lilac Festival. For three years he owned and operated country music venue Case's California Ranch on Honeoye Lake in New York state's Finger Lakes district. The Gannett Rochester Democrat & Chronicle newspaper's "Best Of" reader's poll named him the area's top local country music artist. Robert was a guest entertainer aboard a country music theme cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines' SS Norway starring George Jones and Mickey Gilley who suggested he try Branson, MO.

He began ten seasons on the Branson strip, entertaining at such venues as the Country Pub, Roy Clark's Loft, the Polynesian Princess showboat (music director), and the Welk Theatre's Canteen Lounge, releasing the cassette-only "Alive And Well In Branson, MO" and the Hawaiian-themed "Holo Aku." Simultaneously he worked seven winter seasons at the Orlando, FL metro's western-themed resort River Ranch. After a year in Ft. Lauderdale (Armadillo Cafe and Coop's in Davie. FL), Robert relocated to the San Antonio / Austin, TX area, performing regularly in Gruene (Gruene River Grille) and Canyon Lake (the Lakeview, Papa Docks, the Old Windmill, and Anchor's Landing). There he was opening act in concert for Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash band), Two Tons Of Steel, and the Ace In The Hole band (George Strait band.)

For the last several years Robert has called Slick, OK (Tulsa metro) home, entertaining one year in Branson, MO (Big Cedar Lodge) and five years at Tulsa's Western Country Diner. He again opened for Riders In The Sky and in 2014 formed the western music duo A Little Farther West with his wife Susie on keyboards. To date they have released five albums, "A Little Farther West," "Mountain Storm," "God Must Be A Cowboy," "Christmas On The Line," and "Vaya Con Dios." A Little Farther West has appeared as opening act in concert with Michael Martin Murphey and Sons Of The Pioneers.