Sadly, Art Auerbach had a very short adult life. He was only 39 when he left our world, most likely called up to run Heaven's Jazz Workshop. After a few years, Esther was remarried to a businessman by the name of Tommy Koulax. Koulax was the creator of Original Tommy's Hamburgers, an LA-based company whose signature "Chili-Burger" has since become nothing less than world famous. Hoards of vociferous fans of the fancy fast-food now sing its praises from the rooftops. Robert would eventually take on an executive role in his stepfather's business, contributing his various skills to the company over several decades and bringing himself into a position of considerable influence and resources.

In 1999 while attending an outdoor music festival, Big Bob, as he had come to be known, met a blues singer named Johnny Tucker. He became quite impressed with Johnny's talents and decided he wanted to help Johnny put out a new recording. He financed the project by taking out a 2nd mortgage on his home. With the profits from that project he financed another recording, this time of a rock group named Drowning Sound. That project didn't do as well financially, but added substantial depth to Bob's experience base. During the same time he also managed a blind blues singer and piano player named Greg Weins.

All this turned out to be valuable educational grist for Robert's music business mill. By the time Johnny Tucker called early in 2005 with word that Floyd Dixon wanted to talk to Bob about recording a new CD, Bob had already gotten high marks at the Music Biz School of Hard Knocks, assimilated the bulk of his Auerbach heritage, and gained the visionary perspective necessary to get a job of such import done righteously.

As he wrapped his arms around the scope of the project, Bob assembled a team of experts to help carry it out, including Joe Campbell (music director), Max Pacific (art director), Astor Morgan (photographer) and David Budge (publicist), led by Bob himself, to help bring forth a new Floyd Dixon recording worthy of Floyd's considerable legacy. The result is, indeed, a Fine! Fine! Thing! This New Floyd Dixon CD is now available, exclusively, from the Highjohn Records web site, http://www.highjohn.com. While visiting the highjohn website we recommend you take a little time as there is lots of content inside; including photo galleries, video clips, audio clips, reviews, little-known information and even Floyd Dixon T-shrts and CDs for sale.

If Art Auerbach were still alive today, we're sure he'd be beaming with pride.