Roger & Charles are back! ‘Nuff said!
“Superb.”
Rolling Stone Magazine
“…the writing talent of Dylan or Guthrie… musical genius…hilarious and tragic, kindhearted and careless, all the complexities of a real human being.”
IMDb
“Roger Salloom’s voice quickly suggests a comparison to early Bob Dylan, but it’s this vet’s penchant for telling a great story that puts him in the same category. ”
Time Out New York
“…the most seductive singer ever to seduce these jaded ears. He’ll massage your worries into next week.”
John M. Lomax, II
More info about Roger at rogersalloom.com
Tickets are $15 online in advance, $18 at the door.
Online sales will be available until 12:00PM, the day of the show.
Roger Salloom started his life and career in Worcester where he first studied banjo at 13 years old. He was influenced then by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Geoff Muldaur, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, the singing brakeman Jimmy Rodgers, and the Kingston Trio.
He migrated to San Francisco in 1967 playing the Avalon, Fillmore and Carousel Ballrooms with Sal- loom, Sinclair and Mother Bear. During that time he played with Santana, Van Morrison, BB King, Procol Harum and many other greats.
In 1968, he signed his first recording deal with Chess Records’ subsidiary, Cadet Concept. Intrigued with Nashville, Roger spent several years with artists including Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell and Richard Dobbins. Roger returned to San Francisco where he was sponsored as a songwriter by the former manager of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jake Rohrer, and CCR’s former bass player, Stu Cook.
Roger left California and settled into Northampton, Massachusetts in 1980 to raise his children. He continued to play with greats including The Band, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joan Armatrading, Leon Russell, Doc Watson, NRBQ, Maria Muldaur, Jonathan Edwards and Paul Butterfield.
Charles Nevile is American Musical Royalty, Grammy winner, has performed with Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Reed, James Brown et al, has toured with the Rolling Stones ….
Charles, nowadays, is an enlightened and charitably forgiving witness to the realities of performing in Jim Crow south US, imprisonment and the painful experiences of a gentle gifted person in the midst of American racism. He is a sublime raconteur speaking authoritatively about the Chitlin Circuit and many seminal milieus of American Musical history.
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