In his high school years, Bob spent a lot of time learning to play the guitar and practicing. His first musical influences included: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jim Croce, Blackfoot, Blue Oyster Cult, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, and Kiss.

     One day, while flipping through the channels on the TV, he happened to stumble across a flamenco guitarist playing. And boy was that guy good! Bob was inspired and immediately practiced some of the techniques he just saw on TV. So a large part of his technique is the result of chance, fate, or the will of God, depending on what you want to believe.    

     Bob had first become interested in playing guitar due to the fact that his grandfather was so proficient at it. His grandfather, Leo J. Crepeau was an excellent guitar player in his own right and had played in almost every state in the United States.

1985: 3rd Infantry Division West Germany

     After Bob's high school years, he joined the United States Army. He did basic training in Fort Knox Kentucky and went to chemical school in Fort McClellan Alabama.

      Bob was fortunate enough to be stationed in West Germany during the cold war. He even got to see the wall. In fact, he just missed the wall coming down when he was discharged. He almost had the chance to see history being made. But that's okay too. You see, he also just missed the Gulf War. And, unfortunately, soldiers from the 92nd Chemical Company (His Unit) were among those returning home suffering from the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome.

     Bob worked an extremely wide variety of jobs after he was discharged from the Army. He's worked in factories, retail, a slaughterhouse and other somewhat interesting occupations. At least until he finally went to Dover Business College for the Computer Electronics Technician course. Then he started to do more entrepreneurial undertakings, putting his computer knowledge and skills to work.

     Bob tried a few other things like his own magazine, a few different bands and then went on to do websites and a solo music career. Which leads us to here.

As You Can See: He took his military training seriously.

     Bob started spelling his last name differently (from Crepeau to Craypoe) when he started to do open mics. Basically to avoid mispronunciations of his name. Occasionally, someone still manages to pronounce it wrong but those things happen. Bob views musical talent and ability as a gift from God. Not to be boasted of or used to give glory to one's self by participating in contests or talent shows. You can judge his abilities for yourself when you hear his music. You can do that by clicking HERE. You can also check out Bob's Facebook page by clicking HERE.

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