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There's a heavy blues and soul element in the jazz guitar stylings of Bob DeVos. He can't help it, as many of his formative years in Paterson, N.J. were spent performing with groups influenced by B.B. King, Otis Redding, James Brown, and other classic blues and rhythm & blues performers. While no one in DeVos' family played a musical instrument, he was influenced by his parents' and his older brother's record collections, which included Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Frank Sinatra as well as King Curtis, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and other pioneers of rock & roll.
Shortly after making his professional debut playing blues and classic rhythm & blues, New Jersey-based DeVos discovered pure jazz stylists like Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, and Pat Martino. In his early twenties, he chose jazz over rock, realizing he needed more chord changes and the freedom of expression that jazz and soul-jazz offered. In the '80s, '90s, and into the new millennium, DeVos' guitar style in various groups he'd led could best be described as an artful blend of blues, classic rhythm & blues, and straight-ahead jazz.
DeVos began playing guitar in the '60s and was a student of legendary guitar teachers Harry Leahy and Dennis Sandole. In 1970, Sandole sent his best students out to audition for Hammond organist Trudy Pitts, DeVos was hand-picked by Pitts to play with her group. Since making his professional debut with Pitts, DeVos has accompanied all manner of jazz and blues organists including Richard "Groove" Holmes with saxophonist Sonny Stitt, Jimmy McGriff, and Charles Earland.
Through the years, DeVos has recorded or toured with a short who's-who of soul-jazz: saxophonists Hank Crawford, Stitt, David "Fathead" Newman, and vocalist Irene Reid, as well as organists McGriff, Holmes, Gene Ludwig, and Joey DeFrancesco. DeVos has performed at the Kennedy Center and at all of New York City's top jazz nightclubs.
For much of the '90s, DeVos led his own Hammond B-3 trio, and was a member of the New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra under the leadership of Bill Warfield. Aside from teaching privately out of his home in northern New Jersey, DeVos was on the music faculty at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. He has also hosted many jazz clinics and taught at William Paterson University in Wayne. He received a grant for jazz composition from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Through the '90's and into the new millennium, DeVos has worked frequently with Gene Ludwig's Groove ORGANization, the Charles Earland Tribute Band, and the Ron McClure Quartet.
Breaking the Ice, released by Savant Records, marked his debut as a bandleader under his own name, accompanied by organist Earland, who died a short time afterwards, as well as percussionist Henry Gibson and drummer Vince Ector. DeVos' Groove Guitar, his debut album for the New Jersey-based Blues Leaf label, was released in 2002. ~ Richard Skelly, Rovi
The Look of Love
Bob DeVos Lyrics
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Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't
disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more than
Just words could every say
Well it takes my breath away
[Chorus]
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
You've got the look of love
It's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Baby be mine, tonight
Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And seal it with a kiss
[Chorus]
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
The look of love
Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow
And baby we'll seal it with a kiss
[Chorus]
The song "The Look Of Love" by Bob DeVos is a romantic ballad that celebrates the power of love. The lyrics are an expression of the overwhelming feeling that one experiences when they are in love. The first verse talks about the look of love being in the eyes and the smile of the person one loves. The next verse explains that the look of love conveys much more than just words can express, and it can take one's breath away. The chorus expresses the singer's eagerness to hold their loved one in their arms and the joy of finally finding them.
The second verse talks about how the look of love can never be erased, and the singer expresses their desire to make this moment the beginning of a lifetime of love. The final verse is a plea to the loved one to never leave and a reaffirmation of the depth of the singer's love. The song is an ode to love that is simple and sweet, with a melody that is easy on the ears, making it a classic love song that has stood the test of time.
Line by Line Meaning
The look of love
The expression on your face when you're in love
Is in your eyes
It's visible in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
No matter how hard you try to hide it, your smile can't cover it up
Is saying so much more than
Just words could every say
Your expression is more powerful than any words
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away
Your love is so intense that it leaves me breathless
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
I've been waiting a long time to be with you and now that I finally have you, I can't wait to hold you
You've got the look of love
It's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Baby be mine, tonight
Your expression shows you're in love and nothing can change that. I want you to be mine tonight
Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And seal it with a kiss
Let's start our relationship and have many more nights like this. Let's take a vow to always be lovers and seal it with a kiss
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
The look of love
Please don't ever leave me. I love you so much because of the way you look at me with love
Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow
And baby we'll seal it with a kiss
Let's make this the beginning of our love and have many more nights like this. Let's make a vow to always be lovers and seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
I've been waiting a long time to be with you and now that I finally have you, I can't wait to hold you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Burt Bacharach, Hal David
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