World Wide Virtual Performance at Videoranch on January 26! Live Performance at Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz, California, on January 26! Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings will be playing LIVE in Videoranch on Saturday, January 26, at 3 p.m. Pacific Time. This is a virtual concert, so you attend by logging on from a computer. You do not have to leave your house!

We've had a restful and terrific holiday season with friends and family, and we're now gearing up for a much more vigorous touring schedule in the United States and abroad for 2008. Already on the books are dates in Denmark and Norway, and we are working on dates in Italy, Brazil, and Spain, as well as all major U.S. festivals and special events.

"Roy Rogers means the modern master in the art of slide guitar...His versatility with the technique is nothing short of astonishing." - All Music Guide

Bay Area Musicians Gather to Take Care of Their Own - Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings and The Tommy Castro Band - Plus Very Special Guests - December 5th at Slim's in San Francisco.

"A Worthy Live One From A Master of Slide....This is a long awaited release for longtime fans of Roy Rogers. His live shows are the stuff of legends and his signature slide playing is from the top end of town...Live albums are mostly hit and miss affairs...but Rogers' has sensibly recorded in the same venue on consecutive nights to make this release very solid and a worthwhile addition to any CD collection."

"There isn't a slide guitarist in history who didn't sound better live than on record, and Rogers is no exception...The dozen tracks here are well selected, giving equal weight to his many fine solo albums...The band members, veteran road rats all, are tight...and Norton Buffalo and Shana Morrison do indeed show up for cameos. But it's Roy's slide that always takes center stage..."

"This is a fine example of live Mississippi Delta Blues by one of its foremost practitioners. Rogers is a marvel on the guitar and his compositions are authentic Delta blues of the highest quality. Ehrmann, Sanchez, Aaberg, Rigney, Buffalo, and the others are worthy companions in this exciting live performance. The sound is great and the enthusiasm of the audience is infectious. If you couldn't be part of that audience, the next best thing is to put Live! at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room on the stereo and put yourself on the mood for a great time."

"Like his music, 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."

The new website of master slide guitarist Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings is now online, having been successfully re-launched in anticipation of Rogers' upcoming performances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Parish Room/House of Blues and Mid City Lanes/Rock 'n' Bowl in New Orleans next week. The URL is www.roy-rogers.com.

Roy Rogers Performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest and Garners Third Nomination for W.C. Handy Award for Best Blues Guitarist

"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."

"My first reaction was, 'Wow, he's white,'" the New Orleans native now called Gaynell Rogers remembers of that first sighting in 1980 when the Vallejo-reared slide guitarist was celebrating the release of his bluesy album with harmonica player David Burgin. "I'd heard the record on the radio, it was a great record, and when I saw Roy I thought, 'How is this guy playing guitar like that? He's not Southern, and he's not Afro-American.'" And he's not that Roy Rogers, although he was named after the singing cowboy to please his older brother Billy, a cowboy wannabe. This year Gaynell and Roy celebrate the 25th anniversary of that introduction, and the 21st of their marriage. It's a silver anniversary also for the Delta Rhythm Kings, the trio fronted by Roy and in significant part promoted and publicized by Gaynell."

Roy Rogers Garners Third Nomination for W.C. Handy Award and Partners with Guitar.com for Guitar Giveaway Contest

Roy Rogers Garners Third Nomination for W.C. Handy Award for Best Blues Guitarist

Roy Rogers is somewhat of a rarity in contemporary blues; he's not only a monstrous guitar player, but is also possessed of a distinctive singing voice. In addition, he differentiates himself from the Chicago-style hordes by concentrating primarily on Delta-influenced slide guitar. By no means simply a revivalist, however, he's managed to take the best of Son House and create a unique style that is much more than the sum of its influences.

Whether you compare this disc to anything else Roger's has released, compare it to other slide guitar releases or compare it to other blues CD's released this year, it is not hard to justify a five star rating. This release is simply heads and shoulders above the rest.