'Pundits who bemoan the scarcity of guitar gods haven't laid ears on Roy Rogers, whose slide riffs could peel a crawfish!"  ~  USA Today

'One of the rare guitar heroes who values feeling over flash' ~  Rolling Stone

'Many guitarists dabble in slide guitar, but the number of modern masters can probably be counted on one hand, and Roy Rogers is surely one of them.' ~ Guitar Player

'He's one of the most astounding guitarists working today....'  ~  Blues Review

Mardi Gras and Valentines Day Week -End Collide!  Saturday February 13th, 2010

Proud to announce that Gold Country Wine Award Winners Naggier Winery, and our amazingly fresh seafood guru - Nevada City Seafoods will be providing some wonderful additions to our wine & food menu and event on February 13th.  Eric from Nevada City Seafoods is doing a fresh oyster & prawns bar for our VIP's -  and we are flying in King Cakes from New Orleans for dessert - the event space is just gorgeous.  Hope you can join us for this memorable and fun evening. 

More information on www.sierramountainproductions.com  Bon Ton Roulet!  XX   Gaynell

If you are any where near the North West this week - end head on over to the shows with Roy Rogers and Ray Manzarek stiring up Tales, Conversation, Blues and Rock and Roll history. (See show dates.)

More exciting announcements with our friends at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and PBS in a few weeks.   Check the site often.  We have some really great surprises in store......

This week - end Roy Rogers joins Steve Miller, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Huey Lewis, Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, George Thorogood  and many others as they share the stage in honor of our much loved friend and amazing musician Norton Buffalo.  For those of you who can't join us - please keep all of us in your thoughts as we face this difficult loss together.  He is celebrated today and always. He is missed - he will never be replaced - and we'll never ever forget his kind and amazing spirit, and the gifts he gave to all of us.    All the best,   Gaynell

Happy New Year from The Slide Zone!

A new decade is upon us, and with it a fresh start. We have so many new friends and fans around the world - that we hope to see many of you this coming year with Brazil, Norway & Europe in our sights for 2010. An East Coast U.S. run is long overdue - and we know many of you have been waiting a long time for Roy and the band to come your way. WIth your support, we can continue to bring Roy's performances around the country and the globe. We have lots of projects in the works, and feel continuously blessed to have these performing and touring opportunities.

We've posted some new shows on the website today - and hope those of you in the Bay Area will join us at Rancho Nicasio on this Sautrday night (January 2nd) and say hello A rare mid-winter performance in Marin - hope you can join us!

As most of you know - the passing of our dear friend Norton Buffalo was a huge shock. It is still sinking in. But with it comes some solid life lessons. Hug the ones you love, do what you want to do NOW - and keep your eyes and heart on what's really important to you, your family and friends.

We wish you good health, safe travels and good things to come for the coming year.
All the best,
Gaynell

Thanks to all our friends and fans worldwide who have made this an incredible year for Roy and the band. We are truly blessed to have this amazing support.

It's been quite a year with 'Split Decision' garnering more airplay than any other release - over 300 stations in a broad spectrum of programming and radio stations across the land ;  major accolades in regards to the cover story in Blues Revue this month, great press in USA Today, Billboard, Offbeat, Guitar Player and regional newspapers across the country - not to mention all the music blogs and webzines! Many thanks to our incredible team of folks at Bling Pig Records, Max Horowitz at Crossover Media, and Chip Shultzman at Miles High Productions for making sure this release received the wide exposure it deserved.

In the coming week the band goes to Brazil to perform (!) and then on to Florida for a few dates!

A wonderful celebration is planned for our special New Year's Eve show at The Big Room with our good friends from The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California.  Come on out and enjoy this fantastic evening!

More dates for the new year are coming in every day - so check the website often!

Have a safe, healthy and wonderful holiday!

Rock 'n' Roll icon Steve Miller is organizing an all-star benefit and tribute in honor of his long-time harmonica accompanist and "partner in harmony" Norton Buffalo, who passed away on October 30th near his home in Paradise, California.

Another Planet Entertainment, in association with Steve Miller Management, has announced a show date of January 23, 2010 at The Fox theater in Oakland, California.  Headlining the show will be the Steve Miller Band, the Doobie Brothers with special guests Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, plus friends George Thorogood, Elvin Bishop, Roy Rogers, Charlie Musselwhite, and Norton's road band, The Knockouts.  Wavy Gravy will serve as Master of Ceremonies.

Buffalo was a featured peformer and principal soloist with the Steve Miller Band for 34 years, performing before many hundreds of thousands of fans during that span.  In a heartfelt tribute on the home page of his website, Steve Miller wrote, "There are some people who pass through this world who are so unique and special they defy description and Norton Buffalo was one of those poeple.  He gave more than he took and brightened the world whenever he played his harmonica or sang a song"

Tickets are on sale now and available through THEFOXOAKLAND.COM or any Ticketmaster outlet.  Ticket prices: $125.00 for Reserved Loge, $65.00 for main level general admission and reserved seats in the Mezzanine, $49.50 for Reserved Balcony.   Limited VIP ticket packages are also available through Ticketmaster for the Loge and Mezzanine at $450.00 and $225.00.  Limited VIP Meet and Greet packages are also available through emailing info@slotix.com for more information on these packages.

100% of all net proceeds will go to Buffalo's family.  Contributions are non-deductible.

I wish to express my great sadness at the loss of my dear friend Norton Buffalo to all fans and friends.

Norton fought the brave fight against cancer with amazing grace, never losing his great sense of humor - - this in spite of his grave health condition.  He was not only a friend, but a true brother in music and life.  He can not be replaced. He and I traveled and performed around the world for many years and I am grateful that I knew him.  I believe that his musical legacy will increase in the future years, but more importantly, people will realize how great a human being he was, as well as a great musician.

Gaynell and I send our love and affection out to Lisa, Norton's wonderful wife, and all of his family in this sad time.    RR

Good News!  Blind Pig recording artist Roy Rogers is featured on the cover of the Dec/Jan issue of Blues Revue magazine. The magazine will be mailed to subscribers on October 21st, and will be on the nation's newsstands in early November.   Article is entitled "Slide Show"  How Roy Rogers Is Keeping An American Music Tradition Vital." 

The multi Grammy-nominated slide guitarist has appeared recently on national radio broadcasts ("House of Blues Radio Hour" and "West Coast Live"), and his latest studio album, Split Decision, has been acclaimed in USA Today, Billboard, Guitar Player & Pollstar as well as on National Public Radio and over three hundred radio stations across the country.  The release continues to get rave reviews and is recently on the Grammy list for entries for 2010 in 'Contemporary Blues Recording of the Year' among other catagories.

In late October Roy and Gaynell Rogers take a rare holiday in to Mississippi to enjoy the Delta in the Fall and attend the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium at The University of Mississippi in Oxford. This years food conference theme?  "Music & Food"  of course!  See more at www.southernfoodways.com

Thanks to all of you amazing fans who came out Labor Day week-end.   The end of summer is here, and it's been an fantastic one for us thanks to all of you and the support for the new release 'Split Decision.'

Also, we send heartfelt thanks for all the e mails and calls about our dear friend Norton Buffalo.  Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, we are awaiting more test results and news from him this week.  If you'd like, for more updates on his health condition and to send him some love and light & prayers - please go to his website at www.norton-buffalo.com where he will be posting news.  And more from our corner of the world soon about events, funds and/or benefits for Norton - right now it is too soon and nothing planned as yet - but things are in the works. Stay tuned.