Roy Rogers featured in The Alternate Root JUNE 10, 2015

Roy Rogers   (from the album Into the Wild Blue) - Timing and talent came together well for Roy Rogers. He was playing rock’n’roll covers as a thirteen year old in Redding, California, discovering and developing slide guitar skills that took him down to San Francisco in the 1960 and 1970 Blues scene, playing and a developing a friendship with Bay Area Boom Boom Room owner John Lee Hooker, and moving on to solo work as well touring with the Delta Rhythm Kings. Roy Rogers stays the course as he advises “Got to Believe” navigating through a hazy waterfront Blues fog. On his recent release, Into the Wild Blue, Roy unpacks his slide guitar to move into the curves of “Last Go Round”, checks into the Queens Motel with a raunchy rhythm in “She's A Real Jaguar”, and picks up feet along with the beat to go “High Steppin’”. Into the Wild Blue spreads Roy Rogers across a sky full of Blues as he jazzes up to teach “Love is History” and offers sage wisdom from a Blues masters as he shakes, rattles and rolls a message to the people of the world in “Don’t You Let Them Win”.

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Into The Wild Blue ALBUM REVIEW - from Tahoe Onstage 06.02.2015

Album review: Roy Rogers’ tasteful ‘Into the Wild Blue’

Slide guitar great Roy Rogers released on June 2 “Into the Wild Blue.”
www.royrogers.com

Roy Rogers’ “Into the Wild Blue” is another quality release from a man who has flown under the radar as one of the most acclaimed slide guitarists since the mid-70s.

Roy Rogers was born in Redding, California in 1950 and spent his formative years playing in cover bands filled with Chuck Berry and Little Richard tunes and traveling to San Francisco to catch blues musicians filling the Bay Area clubs. Through practice and persistence he turned into a deft slide guitar player and began touring in various bands throughout the ’70s, until 1980 when he started his own esteemed band, the Delta Rhythm Kings. He has garnered critical acclaim for his work with his own band, Norton Buffalo, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker (which he won a Grammy with for producing Hooker’s song “The Healer”) and Ray Manzarek, among others. His slide work has also been included in numerous movie and television soundtracks and he has been nominated for a handful of Grammys.

One reason Rogers has been able to travel in such good company throughout his career is that his playing style benefits the song instead of detracting from it. He doesn’t overpower the songs with his virtuosity, like on the fun “Losin’ You,” which Rogers steers with steady neck work that is loose enough to let the organ and melody find their spot in the song. On the instrumental title track, Rogers weaves beautifully resonant sections over the wafting groove, but the focal point of the song is the way the harp flourishes glide over the piano. Rogers is good enough to know that he doesn’t need to sign off on every track with bold lettering.

The best track on the album, “Don’t You Let Them Win,” exemplifies Rogers’ under-the-radar approach to his playing the best. The song bounces like a bayou-tinged Grateful Dead jam that creates a wonderfully warm atmosphere. The song is a cohesive mix of organ, guitar and drums that feels egalitarian, but after repeat listens you realize Rogers’ subtlety funky licks are what give the song character.

Rogers does lay down a couple of numbers that seem like they were made specifically into vehicles for his slide talent to shine. “Last Go-Round” sprints out the gate as a roadhouse burner under Rogers’ command and the instrumental “Dackin’” is a funky little groove that he skips along the frets to. He showcases a clean and smooth style that even when it is front and center never tries to attract too much of the spotlight.

Roger’s may never get the fame that some of the contemporaries he has played with have received, but “Into the Wild Blue” shows fame isn’t what he is about. He is about doing what he can to put out musically sound albums, and that certainly deserves some attention.

• Roy Rogers
  “Into the Wild”
  Notable Tracks: “Don’t You Let Them Win,” “Losin’ You”
  Release: June 2, 2015
  Label: Chops Not Chaps Records
  Purchase: LINK

More Radioplay of 'Into The Wild Blue' release date June 2nd 2015!

EIGHT TO THE BAR WITH TARR
Roy Rogers  /  Into The Wild Blue  /  Chops Not Chaps Records   www.royrogers.com
Your Friday Night Fish Fry
8 to 11 pm
FM 100.5 KTDE... The Tide 
http://www.KTDE.com
www.KSAV.org
Saturday And Blue Monday Evenings
9 to the Midnight Hour Pacific Standard Time
www.LesTarr.com
www.facebook.com./les.tarr.10
www.RadioTwisted.com

Breakfast With The Blues Sundays
Blues…It’s What’s For Breakfast
Roy Rogers “Last Go-Round” from Into the Wild Blue on 
Chops Not Chaps Records
KRVM

Jean-Pierre Petit 
"L'Hôtel Du Blues" 
CKUT 90,3 FM (Montréal, Canada) 
Roy Rogers - Into The Wild Blue (2015) - Love Is History

 JuzBlooz
BLUES radio. 3WAY-FM 103.7MHz, Warrnambool, AUSTRALIA. Presented by Lazy Lester - Tuesdays, 8.30 pm. 90+ years of BLUES & the culture that gave rise to it.
Roy Rogers, Last Go-Round, Into The Wild Blue, Chops Not Chaps

“Blues All Over The Place”  -A Full Spectrum, Equal Opportunity Blues Purveyor
WDPS 89.5 FM - Wednesday 3:00-4:30 p.m. &
Roy Rogers - Into The Wild - “She’s A Real Jaguar” – Chops Not Chaps Records

KAFM Grand Junction, CO
Bad Dog Radio with Mickey the K and Rufus th Tank (Blues) with Mickey the K
Roy Rogers “High Steppin'” from Into the Wild Blue (Rock, 2015) on Chops Not Chaps 

Friends of the Blues Radio Show 
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee IL  60901
Co-hosts: Shuffle Shoes – The Blues Guru & Dr. Skyy Dobro
Saturdays – 7 to 11 pm
WKCC Radio   91.1 FM
Internet Audio Streamed on  www.wkccradio.org

Roy Rogers “Dackin’”
Crossroads, Sat. 9am-12pm, WVBR-FM 93.5, Ithaca, NY
www.wvbr.com

Roy Rogers - Got To Believe
AT THE CROSSROADS: www.atcblues.ca
Roy Rogers – Last Go-Round (Chops Not Chaps Records)

Your friend in the blues,
Al Lundy / KZUM 89.3 Lincoln NE
Highway Blues with Al Lundy
Roy Rogers -Into The Wild Blue  - Chops Not Chaps

Fresh Roots - New Blues on WNRN
Air Date:            5/23/15,  Saturday            6-8 PM
Roy Rogers – Last Go-Round           

WDVX KNOXVILLE TN
 www.wdvx.com
Roy Rogers, Into The Wild Blue, Chops Not Chaps

Sunday Morning Blues MAY 2015 WKGL-FM Rockford, IL
Roy Rogers / Love Is History / Into the Blue / Chops Not Chaps 

 WTJU 91.1FM, Charlottesville, VA        
Community Supported, Non-profit Radio of The University of Virginia        
Blues Spins MAY 2015       
Blues Music Director: David Eisenman       
Roy Rogers    Into the Wild Blue    Chops Not Chaps
http://www.radiophoenix.org/

Roy Rogers "Into The Wild Blue" Radioplays Apr/May 2015

With the upcoming release of 'Into The Wild Blue', stations around the country are creating quite a buzz. Tracks have been played on more than 100 stations with over 1 million listeners. 

-WMNF Florida ~ 'Love Is History'

-Blues Deluxe at www.rootsmusicreport.com 'Losin' You', over 79 stations!

WALW-FM          98.3 FM                   Huntsville, AL                 Saturdays, 6:00 p.m.     25,000

KLPZ-AM             1380 AM                 Parker/Lake Havasu, AZ Mondays, 1:30 p.m.      40,000

KRVQ-FM            104.5 FM                 Bakersfield/Kernville, CA  Saturdays & Sundays, 8 p.m.                           45,000

KYAF-FM             94.7 FM                   Firebaugh/Central CA    Fridays, 7 p.m.               20,000

KRHV-FM            93.3 FM                   Mammoth Lakes, CA      Saturdays, 5 p.m.          17,000

KZRO-FM            100.1 FM                 Redding, CA                    Sat., 4 p.m                     23,800

KIQX-FM             101.3 FM                 Durango, CO                   Saturdays, 5 p.m.          25,000

KFTM-AM           1400 AM                 Ft. Morgan, CO               Wednesdays, 7 p.m.     12,500

WWLL-FM           105.7 FM                 Sebring, FL                      Sundays, 8 a.m.             38,500

WKSX-FM            92.7 FM                   Augusta, GA                    Sundays, 8 p.m.             30,000

WWHP-FM         98.3 FM                   Champaign, IL                 Mon., 12 p.m. & 6 p.m. 23,000

WWCT-FM          99.9 FM                   Peoria, IL                         Sundays, 6 p.m.             17.000

WKCX-FM           89.1 FM                   Crittenden, KY                Wednesdays, 6 p.m.     20,000

WJDF-FM            97.3 FM                   Orange/Central, MA       Sundays, 10 p.m.           45,000

WSYY-FM            94.9 FM                   Bangor, ME                     Sat., 10 p.m./Sun., 11 p.m.                           22,000

WGLM-FM          106.3 FM                 Greenville, MI                 Sat. 9 p.m./Sun. 9 p.m. 20,000

KLLZ-FM              99.1 FM                   Bemidji, MN                    Sundays, 9 p.m.             14,500

KSCR-FM             93.5 FM                   Benson, MN                    Saturdays, 8 p.m.          20,000

KFMC-FM            106.5 FM                 Fairmont/Mankato, MN Sundays, 10 a.m.           13,500

KVVL-FM             97.1 FM                   Maryville, MO                 Sundays, 9 p.m.             25,000

KKID-FM              92.9 FM                   Rolla/Salem, MO            Saturdays, 10 a.m.        13,500

WROX-AM/FM   105.7FM/1450 AM Clarksdale, MS                Saturdays, 11 p.m.        30,000

WABG-AM          960 AM                   Greenwood, MS             Sat, 11 a.m./Sun., 12 Noon                           40,000

KMHA-FM           91.3 FM                   New Town, ND                Sat., 6 p.m./Sun., 6 p.m.                           16,000

KRSN-AM/FM     107.1 FM/1490 AM      Santa Fe/Los Alamos, NM             Mondays, 7 p.m.    12,000

WMWX-FM        88.9 FM                   Cincinnati, OH                Wednesdays, 6 p.m.     25,000

WYNS-FM           89.3 FM                   Waynesville, OH             Wednesdays, 6 p.m.     20,000                          

KUSH-AM           1600 AM                 Cushing, OK                    Sundays, 4 p.m.             16,000

KLOO-FM            106.1 FM                 Portland/Eugene, OR     Sun., 6 p.m.                   25,000

KQRQ-FM            92.3 FM                   Rapid City, SD                 Sundays, 8 a.m.             20,000

KYBB-FM             102.7 FM                 Sioux Falls, SD                 Sundays, 10 p.m.           39,000

KINI-FM              96.1 FM                   St. Francis, SD                 Saturdays, 2 p.m.          12,000

WFIV-FM            105.3 FM                 Knoxville, TN                   Sundays, 9 p.m.             58,000

WCPI-FM            91.3 FM                   Mc Minnville, TN            Monday, 2 p.m./Friday 6 p.m.                           14,000

KFAN-FM            107.9 FM                 San Antonio, TX              Fridays, 7 p.m.               18,500

KPND-FM            95.3 FM                   Spokane, WA / North. ID                     Sundays, 10 p.m.                           40,000

WWZW-FM        96.7 FM                   Lynchburg/Roanoke, VA Saturdays, 6 p.m.          20,000

WBSD-FM           89.1 FM                   Burlington, WI                Sundays, 6 p.m.               9,000

WKBH-FM           100.1 FM                 La Crosse, WI                  Sundays, 8 p.m.             20,000

WRLO-FM           105.3 FM                 Wausau, WI                    Sundays, 8 a.m. & 8 p.m.                           52,000

WWYO-AM         970 AM                   Bluefield/Pineville, WV  Tuesdays, 10 a.m.         10,000

WRZZ-FM            106.1 FM                 Parkersburg, WV/Marietta, OH             Sundays, 6 p.m.                           10,000

WMNG-FM         104.9 FM                 St. Croix, Virgin Islands  Sundays, 10 a.m.           25,000

WIUJ-FM             102.9 FM                 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands                    Sundays, 11 a.m.                           50,000

KGUM-FM          105.1 FM                 Agana, Guam                  Sundays, 6 p.m.             35,000

KRSI-FM              97.9 FM                   Saipan, Mariana Islands Sundays, 5 p.m.             22,000

CIDG-FM             101.9 FM                 Ottawa, ON, Canada      Sundays, 5 p.m.             35,000

CKTP-FM             95.7 FM                   Fredericton, NB, Canada          Sat. 7 a.m. / Sun. 3 p.m.                           10,000

CHMR-FM           93.5 FM                   St. John’s, NL, Canada    Tuesdays, 1 p.m.           12,500

KOOL-FM            89.2 & 97.9 FM       New Zealand                   Tues, 6 p.m./Sat, 5 a.m. 14,000

backlandradio.com                                                                    (Worldwide)        Mondays, 12 Noon/7 p.m. CST                               5,000

bluesjazzradio.com                                                                   (Worldwide) Saturdays, 4 p.m.                           6,000

GenevaRadio.blogspot.com             (Worldwide)                   Fridays, 11 p.m.               7,500

Goreanwhip.com                                                                       (Worldwide) Sundays, 11 p.m.                           3,000

kconlineradio.com                                                                     (Worldwide)       Sat., 8 p.m. & Wed., 1 p,m,      9,000

krykey.com/TheBeat                         (Worldwide)                   Mondays, 8 p.m.             1,000

ohzone.org                                        (Worldwide)                   Thursdays, 6 p.m.          10,000

retroradiocalifornia.com                  (Worldwide)                   Sundays, 7 p.m. PT          1,000

rootsmusicreport.com                      (Worldwide)                   24/7                               45,000

radiofreephoenix.com                      (Worldwide)                   Saturdays, 7 p.m. MTN.  6,800

sweetharmony.fm                                                                     (Worldwide) Sundays, 3 p.m. ET                       1,000

-Mick Martin Blues Top 25 April 2015:

 3. Roy Rogers/Into the Wild Blue/Chops Not Chaps

 "Mick Martin's Blues Party" Saturdays 1-5 p.m. PST; Capital Public Radio: KXJZ 90.9 FM Sacramento, KKTO 90.5 FM Reno/Tahoe City, KUOP 9.3 FM Stockton/Modesto, KXSR 91.7 Eureka; streaming live and "Listen on Demand" at www.capradio.org

-KZFR Chico 90.1 FM 
kzfr.org Roy Rogers “Got To Believe” from Into The Wild Blue (2015) on Chops Not Chaps

-Fresh Roots - New Blues on WNRN    - Charlottesville, VA
Roy Rogers – Dackin’                       
www.wnrn.org

-Soul Stew on WEVL, Memphis.  'Got To Believe', Roy Rogers

-Very Big Blues, WJMU, 89.5, Decatur, Illinois, 2 May 2015, Play List

Roy Rogers, “Losin’ You,” Into the Wild Blue, Chops Not Chaps Records

 - WDVX KNOXVILLE TN
 www.wdvx.com
 
Roy Rogers, Into The Wild Blue, Chops Not Chaps

-Listen to "Johnny Mack's Friday Night Blues Attack!" 9pm-3 ET www.wdvx.com