Roy rogers guitarist biography
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By Sean McAlindin June 21, 2017
Roy Rogers, named after the famous Western singer and movie star whom his parents adored, was born in Redding and raised in Vallejo. His mother’s piano playing influenced his decision to pursue a career in music from an early age.
“I started playing guitar at age 12 and was in my first band by 13,” Rogers says.
Roy rogers guitarist biography
“I was a little rock ‘n’ roller back in 1963.”
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His first band was called The Newports. They played classic tunes by Chuck Berry, Little Richard and bands of the British Invasion.
On stage they wore matching gold lamé jackets.
“I was in junior high, but playing in bands with older guys,” says Rogers. “I learned the rock ‘n’ roll song book, as they say.”
By the time he was old enough to take the bus into Oakland and San Francisco on his own, Rogers was attending concerts by blues legends such as Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B.
King and John Lee Hooker.
“It’s people being absolutely re