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Roger Girke Band News
TWO Critically acclaimed CD’s
2001 - “We Got The Funky Blues”
2004 – “ My Baby Loves That Stuff”
TWO-TIME International Blues Challenge Finalists 2005 & 2006
2005 International Blues Challenge TOP 5 CD Award
Festival appearances for: Bucks County Blues Society; Baltimore
Blues Society; Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Society; Diamond State
Blues Society, Media (PA) Blues Stroll, City Festivals for The
City of Phildadelphia, PA, Baltimore, MD, Wilmington, DE and many more.
Ongoing nightclub appearances: (100 per year) throughout the
MidAtlantic States.
February 1, 2009
The band looks forward to our third trip to Memphis for the 25th International Blues Challenge. What a great time this is...and always so many talented and ispiring artists to see. See you there!
Roger Girke Band Press
Here's what the critics are saying about My Baby Loves That Stuff:
I have said it before, and I'll say it again because it's worth repeating: the guys from the Del-Mar-Va-Pa region are monsters of their craft. Roy Buchanon, Delbert McClinton, Danny Gatton, Billy Price, and the Nighthawks have called this place their home. The Roger Girke Band is a great example of the kind of musicians that come from this area. Roger Girke fronts his band with solid vocals, and tasty guitar. These guys ROCK! Don't miss your chance to see The Roger Girke Band. These guys pump out a hearty dose of house-rockin blues.
- Pittsburgh Blues Society
A nice mix of Chicago and Delta blues and some New Orleans funk… Serious scorching vocals and blues guitar.
- Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro, Mary4Music.com
Prime guitar-fueled blues… danceable shuffles and slow-burning grooves… These guys are definitely worthy of national attention.
- Music City Blues Bluesletter, Nashville, Tennessee
...a funkier bunch would be hard to find… [Roger’s] vocal abilities are refreshingly powerful & expressive… they deserve wider recognition indeed.
- Judge Jones, Blues Freepress #20, UK
The group boasts a resume of recording and performing credits that will impress the most devout blues fans. Their second album features no covers aside from Fats Domino’s “All By Myself.”… run from New Orleans R&B to straight-up Chicago blues.
- Out and About Magazine, January 2005
…Their new disc, My Baby Loves That Stuff, includes just one cover (Fat’s Domino’s “All By Myself”) among a set of smart self-penned songs. Girke’s vocals are better than credible, the recording is clean, and arrangements are well-thought-out.
- Blues Revue, Apr/May 2005
This is as radio-ready as any submission we've had… as good as any that you're likely to hear over the airwaves in this genre… certainly deserves a larger audience.
- Recording Magazine, 2005
…plenty of serious blues… with Roger on soulful vocals. “Daddy” is a heartfelt tribute to departed parent contained in a wee hours, south side Chicago slow blues, slow burn musical setting… an accomplished set.
- Blues in Britain, Vol 1, Issue 30
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