Robert Kearns is an American bassist who has played with several notable bands. He is from Conover, NC.

He was a founding member of Cry of Love

Cry of Love (band)

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 from 1989 until 1997 and went on to join The Bottle Rockets

The Bottle Rockets

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 from 1998 until 2005. In 2009 he was named to be the touring substitute for a cancer stricken Ean Evans

Ean Evans

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 in Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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. Evans has since died and Kearns is now the bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.

In addition to his work with those bands Kearns has toured or recorded with Chris Duarte

Chris Duarte

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, Jack Ingram

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, Todd Snider

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Todd Daniel Snider is an American singer-songwriter with a musical style that combines Americana, alt-country, and folk.-Biography:...

, Alvin Youngblood Hart

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, Jesse Dayton, Sisters Morales, Bonnie Bishop

Bonnie Bishop

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, Chris Cagle, Hays Carll, and Edwin McCain.