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{{Short description|American jazz guitarist (1924–2018)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Bob Bain
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|mf=y|1924|01|26}}
| birth_place  = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|mf=y|2018|06|21|1924|01|26}}
| death_place  = [[Oxnard, California]], U.S.
| genre        = [[Jazz]], pop, rock
| occupation   = Musician, composer
| instrument   = Guitar
| years_active = 1940s–2010s
| label        = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
}}
'''Bob Bain''' (26 January 1924 – 21 June 2018) was an American guitarist mainly known for his film music contributions, including “[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Dr. Zhivago]]” (1965), where he played the balalaika in the score for certain scenes where “Lara’s Theme” is heard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-bain-mn0000215947/biography |title=Bob Bain |first=Eugene |last=Chadbourne |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2019-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/columns/remembering-bob-bain-1924-2018 |title=Remembering Bob Bain: 1924 – 2018 |first=Adam |last=Levy |website=Fretboard Journal |date=22 June 2018 |accessdate=2019-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vintageguitar.com/2810/bob-bain |title=Bob Bain - The Silent Giant |first=Jim |last=LaDiana |website=Vintage Guitar |date=18 May 2001 |accessdate=2019-02-25}}</ref>
== Career ==
Bain's professional career began in the 1940s playing guitar in popular [[big band]] outfits led by [[Tommy Dorsey]] and [[Bob Crosby]]. He is credited with guitar on one of Dorsey's biggest hits, "[[Opus No. 1]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-22 |title=Remembering Bob Bain: 1924 - 2018 |url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/columns/remembering-bob-bain-1924-2018/ |access-date=2020-10-10 |website=Fretboard Journal |language=en}}</ref> He was an unusually early adopter of the electric guitar, playing an early [[Gibson Les Paul]] model before switching to a modified 1953 [[Fender Telecaster]]. Like most jazz guitarists, he also favoured semi-acoustic models such as the [[Gibson L-5]] and [[Gibson ES-150|ES-150]].
In 2017, the Fender Custom Shop did a limited edition replication of Bain's 1953 Telecaster, called the Bob Bain Son of A Gunn Telecaster. 30 were hand-built by Fender master builder Paul Waller.
Bain was long time collaborator with composer [[Henry Mancini]]. He is also credited with the guitar introduction to the theme from the popular 1950s television private detective series "[[Peter Gunn]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-26 |title=Mancini's Peter Gunn Score Launched Dozens Of Careers (2007) |url=https://morningsonmaplestreet.com/2014/11/26/mancinis-peter-gunn-score-page-one/ |access-date=2020-10-10 |website=Mornings on Maple Street |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The soundtrack album from the series features several other memorable contributions of Bain's. Bain also contributed guitar on another of Mancini's significant soundtrack albums, the musical score to the movie "[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]", as well as playing on the soundtrack to the television Western series "[[Bonanza]]".<ref name=":0" />
Support Act for a Beatles concert in Newcastle England in 1964
== Discography ==
* 1958: ''Rockin' Rollin' Strollin' '' ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]])
* 1958: ''Theme from "Peter Gunn"'' ([[RCA Records|RCA]])
* 1960: ''Latin Love''	(Capitol)
* 1960: ''Guitar De Amor''	(Capitol)
* 2014: ''The Guitars of Bob Bain'' (Blue Moon Producciones Discográficas S.L.)
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047727 Bob Bain entry at IMDb]
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