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| MICKEY ROGERS EPK KIT http://www.sonicbids.com/mickeyrogers ________________________________________ MICKEY ROGERS AND THE SOUL BLUES BAND Mickey Rogers - Mickey has been playing the Festivals and Clubs in the US and Internationally for forty years or so. In the early years he spent some time at Chess Records and at Mo Town doing studio work. He has traveled throughout the United States and to Holland, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand performing. When Mickey was a teenager he was playing in bars in Chicago. He played with Howling Wolf when he was fifteen at Sylvio’s Lounge in Chicago. He was so young that Howling Wolf would hide Mickey behind the Amps so the police wouldn't’t catch him performing underage. Mickey's first trip out of the country was with Wolf and Hubert Sumlin to the UK where he met the Rolling Stones. Mickey performed on stage with the Rolling Stones. Mickey remembers Wolf coming to his house and saying to Mickey’s aunt, “I have to take your boy with me to Europe for a while.” Mickey was a teenager on that first trip to the UK and says that he spent most of his time hanging out with the musicians who were about his age. During Mickey’s career he has played with artists like The Jackson 5, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Clay, Hubert Sumlin, Harold Burrage, The Dramatics, Gladys Knight & The Pips, the Temptations, Chi-Lites, Tyrone Davis and Bobby Rush. Mickey is honored with a stone on the Musician Walk of Fame in Greenville, Mississippi. He and his band the Soul Blues Band perform regularly at festivals, clubs and private parties Mickey is a loved “Mississippi Treasure” and has received many honors and recognitions from his fans and fellow musicians. He was honored with a stone on the Blues Walk of Fame in Greenville, Mississippi. Recently Mickey was presented a guitar by the Mississippi Blues Commission as he recovered from a life threatening episode when his musical equipment was stolen and destroyed. Mickey performs with his band Mickey Rogers and the Soul Blues Band. Partial Listing of Recent Festivals and Events: The Pinetop Perkins Blues Festival, Rosedale Blues Festival; B.B. King Festival; Hwy 61 Blues Festival; Obama Debate, Oxford; Mississippi; B.B. King Museum Educational Workshops; Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival; Opened for B.B. King at Club Ebony, Indianola, MS. Partial List of Recent Shows: Sunday Evening Blues at Club Ebony, Indianola, MS; Ground Zero Blues Club - Clarksdale, MS; Blues, 90.1FM –Illinois and sponsored by Mississippi Delta Blues, Inc. Recent Honor: The Greenville Blues Walk Association honored Mickey Rogers with a stone placed in the walk on the Walnut Street Sidewalk Blues Artist Walk! |
| “I have always been a Band Leader even when I was with other people. I have been on the same bill as James Brown and all the rest. I have played at all the famous clubs. I did a lot at the Regal and Howard and all those joints. In Detroit I was at the 20 Grand and Henry’s in Detroit.” "I have been around. “I played more back then, then I do now, but I know more how to play now than I did then.” I played so much in so many different styles that I could always get the job. I never got trapped in drugs. I was scared of needles, thank God. The older musicians respected me and never did that in front of me back then. There aren’t too many I didn't play with back in the days." |
The Greenville Blues Walk Association Announces Mickey Rogers Blues Guitarist, Vocalist & Band Leader Will be honored The Dedication of Stone #28 is Friday, September 19, 2008 7p.m. “Celebration afterwards at the Walnut Street Blues Bar” Mickey Rogers began performing as a teenager in the bars of Chicago…. His career has taken him throughout the U.S. and Europe. During his career, Mickey has performed with the Jackson Five, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Temptations, The Chi-Lites, Ike & Tina Howling’ Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, even Jimi Hendrix! |
| MICKEY TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE MUSICIANS WITH WHOM HE HAS PLAYED Tyrone Davis – “I was with Tyrone Davis for thirteen years. I arranged the song “Can I Change Your Mind” for Tyrone.” Tyrone bought Mickey a new guitar when Can I Change Your Mind became a hit. Bobby Rush – “I was Bobby Rush’s band leader. I did more with him than with Tyrone. I was with Bobby for years. I still do studio stuff with Bobby.” The Jackson 5 – “I had been with the Jacksons’s in Chicago. They lived right down the street.” The Temptations – “The Way You Do the Things You Do, I used to play things like that all the time.” Chi-Lites – “I did a lot of commercially selling music with them.” Earl Hooker – “I toured around with him.” Jimmy Rogers – “I played some with him.” Howling Wolf – “I started playing with Wolf when I was 15 at Sylvia Olsen’s, Sylvia’s Lounge in Chicago. When the police came in Wolf would hide me behind the amps because I was underage.” Hubert Sumlin – “I learned to drink and smoke – when he was playing with Hubert. My uncle and Hubert and Wolf used to be around together. That is how I got hooked up with them.” Little Milton – “I played a little with him.” Z.Z. Hill – “I played with him and Vasti Jackson.” Otis Clay – “Otis Clay and I go way back. I might be on some of his records.” Ike and Tina Turner – “I did dances for them when they came through Greenville.” Lee Shot Williams – “I played some with him. I cut records with Lee. I did “I Like Your Style” with him. We did it at the old Chess Studio. Someone had to open it up.” |
| Mickey holds guitar presented to him by the Mississippi Blues Commission at benefit to replace his musical equipment. Photo below - Mickey accepting the guitar. |
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| MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES, INC. A Member of the following organizations: THE BLUES FOUNDATION BLUES SOCIETY OF INDIANOLA THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BLUES SOCIETY Carol and Ron Marble produced Struggling and Staining the CD recorded by David Lee Durham. This was also the first CD first CD to be recorded by the B.B. King It was recorded Live at the Historic Club Ebony in Indianola, MS. This CD was a result of the effort of Mississippi Valley State University and Dr. Alphonso Sanders to archive the work of Mississippi Delta Blues Musicians. We invite you to visit us in Mississippi and experience live blues performances or go to see one of our musicians and bands perform when they are in your area. The blues is alive and doing well in Mississippi |
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