Answer the following question: Facts:   - instrument: guitar vocals banjo    - years active: 1986 -- present    - birth name: robert fulks    - origin: north carolina    - label: boondoggle records bloodshot records yep roc records geffen records    - genre: singer-songwriter neo-traditionalist country alternative country bluegrass      - birth date: 25 march 1963    - name: robbie fulks    - background: solo_singer    - image: robbie-fulks . jpg    - birth place: york , pennsylvania united states    - current members: chris scruggs jenny scheinman robbie gjersoe    - associated acts: nora o'connor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robbie fulks .
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robbie fulks -lrb- born march 25 , 1963 -rrb- is an american alternative country singer-songwriter and long-time chicago , illinois musician .he has released 12 albums over a career spanning more than 25 years .