For almost sixty years Bobby has had a love affair with music and the guitar. Strongly influenced by the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, Alvin Lee, Leslie West, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone, he has played and recorded with a long list of people including; The Natural Four, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Richard "Dimples" Fields, John Lee Hooker, Maria Muldaur, Jimmy McCracklin, Craig Horton, Snooky Flowers, Cool Papa, Archie Lee Hooker, and Zakiya Hooker.

Bobby also had the honor of doing guitar work on the Cd's "From Clarksdale To Heaven - Remembering John Lee Hooker", and "John Lee Hooker, Face to Face".

The "BYP" is made up of, Bobby Young - guitar/vocals, Nick Young - guitar, Greg "Gman" Simmons - bass, Latrosse Harris - drums, Gig Anderson - keyboards, and on special occasions, Tarika Lewis - violin.

The Bobby Young Project was named "2016 Blues Band Of The Year", and was nominated for the same honor in 2017, and 2018 by the Northern California Entertainment Music Awards. They have also become the "house band" for the John Lee Hooker Foundation benefit shows.