Bob Sieracki

An excerpt from an interview with Bob Sieracki, from the Tuna Flower rockumentary “Triumph of Tuna”:

Marty DiBergi:  Bob, I’m a big fan of yours.  How would you describe your style?

Bob Sieracki:  Well, um, I’ve played a lot of styles.  From jazz, to funk, to country, maybe you could call it “Junktry”, uh, I don’t know.

Marty:  Is it true that some have called it “Drums from Mars”?

Bob:  I don’t think you can really say that, I mean, come on, Mars is the red planet, and my drums are silver and sparkly, so, I don’t really see the connection.  Not really.

Marty:  I hear that you’re about to release the first of nine CDs, featuring your interpretive singing.  Can you tell me a little more about that?

Yes, while I’m drumming, I often interpret the entire ensemble vocally.  One of the Tuna Flower roadies said that I should have a microphone, that it was genius, the way I could do that.  No one else in the band would hear of it.  But we bootlegged the entire ’68 tour through my snare mike, including my vocal interpretations.  And that is what is on the CD.  Ear splitting back beats and the evidence of my direct connection to a higher power. 

Marty:  There’s something of a gaping hole in your resume, between 1969 and 1975; did you take some time off?

Bob:  Yes, yes, it’s a little known fact about me.  In August of 1969, Tuna Flower had just played a blues festival in Nova Scotia.  After the show, I was in a real state.  The bass player put me in a rowboat and pushed me out into the Bay of Fundy.  I was rescued three days later by a Sri Lankan fishing trawler.  They gave me my Indian name “Boobai”, and dropped me off in Mumbai.  I decided it was a good time to reevaluate my inner self, and lived there as a Hindi for some time. 

Marty:  Wow, that sounds unbelievable.

Bob:  Yes, and anyone who says I was hiding in Canada is a damn liar!

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