About
Roger Salloom
and his band
So what would bring someone to call Roger Salloom “America’s best unknown songwriter”?
Well first you need to get to know Roger a little better…
Roger Salloom was in the center of the 1960s San Francisco psychedelic scene, playing the Fillmore with Santana, Van Morrison, BB King and Procul Harum. In the 1970s he moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting, then disappeared for 20 years to raise a family as a single parent and draw a syndicated cartoon
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Biography
Imagine Jack Kerouac, John Belushi, Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce, The Diggers, and throw in Leadbelly, Jimmy Reed, Lonnie Johnson, Geoff Muldaur, Dan Penn…all rolled into one person, and you have a glimpse of this poet, singer-songwriter. Salloom performed with The Band, Steve Forbert, Doc Watson, John Prine, to name a few.
A cross between blues, roots, Americana, country, and soul, Salloom always speaks from his heart. He has a self-deprecating, humorous, everyman quality, mixed with a powerful sensitivity and depth of character.
There is a story here. A story so intriguing that it enticed an award-winning filmmaker to make a film about the subject. So Glad I Made It, the Saga of Roger Salloom, America’s Best Unknown Songwriter, won 6 awards, was on the 2006 Grammy ballot, and received rave reviews across the U.S. More below.
But even a movie doesn’t tell the whole story…
“… captivating, great storytelling … warm, pleasant, upbeat, honest, melancholy, wry, road-weary, familiar, and unique….. heartfelt songs. Listen to it and you’ll wonder where he’s been all your life.” Tom Henry, The Toledo Blade– Toledo, OH
“Be prepared to be captivated.” Music Exchange by Mark B. Tucker
“… there’s a simple honesty and wryness to the lyrics that are touching, deeply affective, often a matter of a level confessional of shortcomings that no one listening can help but share a rueful and grinning remembrance with.” » Mark S. Tucker, www.acoustic-music.com
“…The writing talent of Dylan or Guthrie… musical genius…hilarious and tragic, kindhearted and careless, all the complexities of a real human being.” IMDb
“A hybrid of Dylan and McCartney” Kevin Matthews, Fufkin.com
“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
Watch some of that story below…
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