Robert “Bubby” Lewis Lupe Fiasco, Snoop Dogg Links Facebook Twitter Gear VB-99 GT-10B “Realistically, I didn’t know that anything like this existed, but Roland made it possible.” Bio Robert “Bubby” Lewis, one of the most accomplished young bass players around, originally wanted to be a drummer. In a recent interview, he said: “Before I started playing the bass I wanted to play the drums like my sister Benita.” When he asked her what drummers should be listening to, his sister recommended some CDs featuring famous drummer Dave Weckl. But, when Bubby heard bassist Tom Kennedy on the record, he knew that bass was the instrument for him. He started out playing for fun in his father’s church at age 14, but rapidly became very accomplished on the instrument and soon became known around his hometown of Flint, Michigan, as a local bass prodigy. Video