Bobby Lee Bobcat was born Robert Leon Bretenberger on February 25, 1943 in Lubbock , Texas Wichita Falls , Texas
Due to a double-dog dare by his elementary school classmates, Bobby Lee stowed away on an experimental aircraft his father was piloting, the Northrop "flying wing," but fell out of the landing gear assembly a hundred miles northwest of Abilene . Fortunately, Bobby Lee landed on a giant pecan tree and survived the fall, but a rescue team failed to locate him for several months. (As a side note, Bobby Lee refuses to eat any food containing pecans.)
Just as he was about to give up hope of ever being found, Bobby Lee was befriended by a pack of North American bobcats. The pack helped him survive his six-month ordeal in the wild by leading him to water and demonstrating how to chase and catch wild hares for food. Bobby Lee never forgot his new feline friends and later adopted their name when he entered the music business.
Once rescued and reintroduced into human society, Bobby Lee's family moved back to Lubbock , Texas
After graduating from Lubbock High School , Bobby Lee and his best friends, Willie "Boots" Walker and "Skid" Mark Higgins, took off for Nashville , Tennessee Nashville radio's famous Country Cattle Call, the boys failed to land a recording contract and were soon sent packing back to Lubbock .
During the ensuing years, Bobby Lee Bobcat has worked on oil rigs, on cattle ranches, and at a Walmart. Married to his fifth wife to whom he is currently legally separated, Bobby Lee's latest gig is at Jasper's Big Spur Tire and Alignment Center
