- Jazz Fest on The Upswing
- NEW ORLEANS — Veterans, lathered in SPF 30, clutching a daily lineup with scribbled priorities and lugging nothing heavier than a folding camp chair, can always spot the newbies. They're the ones with sunburned limbs, stiff footwear and iPods. The common ground? Mile-wide smiles, ringing eardrums and grease-stained T-shirts.
Slide guitar ace Roy Rogers wowed a packed house in the blues tent with new Little Queen Bee and Calm Before the Storm (sung by son Sam), a sizzling version of Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues and rousing tunes with pianist Marcia Ball.
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- Blues Revue Magazine recently reviewed Roy's show at The Triple Door in Seattle, WA.
"Like his music,
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Rogers' storytelling is crisp, entertaining, and all of a piece. Still, his powers of
expression are strongest in his hands, and he proved throughout the two sets that it's
possible to be simultaneously flashy and genuine. His low-key showmanship highlighted
dazzling technical prowess but also made it accessible."
- Roy at Tampa Bay Blues Festival
"Can
the day get any better! Well yes it can and Roy Rogers proved it. Guitar Player magazine
said, "That's not a slide on Roy Rogers pinky, it's a time machine. With it Rogers
transports you to the Mississippi Delta's past and future." No matter if he picks up his
Martin 016 New Yorker six string or the Gibson 12 string Dobro made in the mid-'60's,
Rogers has no equal. Slide music just can't get any better or cleaner. Rogers was the only
act of the festival that I sat down and watched the entire performance."
