JACKKNIFE
Here's one of my favorite songs by my Nashville friend Jon Byrd.
UNREPENTANT
Here's me and Steve doing one by our friends The Tone Deaf Cowboys. rogersandlong.com
PUERTO MORELOS
Here's one of mine about getting kidnapped in Mexico (almost). This song is on Sam the Lion album, "Make It Stick."
TOMORROW FOR TIM
Here's a song I wrote with my friend Chris Gonzalez DeLos Longorias. This song came quickly after hearing the news of my brother Tim's passing in January 2021. This is for Tim and for everyone trying to get through these trying times.
ABOUT
Almost all my life I've been making music. My mother said I was kicking in rhythm still in the womb. As a child I was constantly exposed to music, hearing Mom sing as she cooked our dinners, going to Dad's barbershop quartet concerts and listening to my big brother's records. I joined the drum section of the school band in sixth grade. I was given a hand-me-down guitar for my thirteenth birthday and taught myself to play. Eventually I started writing my own songs. Long as I can remember I’ve been strumming, picking, banging and singing.
Along the road I've been blessed to work with an amazing bunch of artists and musicians. I’ve been in a few pretty good bands, recorded some albums and played countless shows in bars, music venues and festivals. I’ve shared stages with some of my musical heroes and recorded in a couple of legendary studios. I play songs I’ve written, songs by friends and cover tunes that I like.
These days my main focus is a band called Sam the Lion that I write for and perform in with Chris Curtis, Matthew Williams, Rodger Harrison and Amanda Williams Ware. We've just released an album called "Make It Stick."
I also play guitar with the matthew show, a great band that features the music of my friend Matthew Broyles. We made a couple of really good albums in Memphis at Ardent Studios and even recorded a song at Sun Records. That was surreal.
I also play a good deal of acoustic shows with my friend Steve Long as Rogers & Long . And sometimes I play drums with Steve, Chris Curtis, and David Clay in the band No Class.
Through it all, the thing that really makes this so damn fun and rewarding is the people I get to share my music with. I hope you and I cross paths somewhere along the road.
PICS
DISCOGRAPHY
Sam the Lion - Make It Stick - 2023
songwriter, guitar, vocals
Spotify - Bandcamp - Apple - YouTube
Ed Rogers - Incompetent Man
songwriter, guitar, vocals
(single) - 2021
Spotify - Amazon - Apple
Various Artists - Safely Down:
The Songs of Jason Jackson - 2014
guitar, Wurlitzer, vocals
Spotify - Amazon - Bandcamp
the matthew show - Memphis - 2012
guitar, background vocals
Spotify - Amazon - Bandcamp
Ed Rogers - Misery and Gold - 2003
songwriter, guitar, vocals
Spotify - Amazon
Chris Gonzalez - With the Windows Down - 2000
guitar, background vocals
SHOWS
SAT 6/17
No Class
GREENWOOD SALOON
Bluffdale, TX
SAT 6/24
Rogers & Long
HEIM ON THE RIVER
Fort Worth, TX
WED 6/28
Sam the Lion
SAXON PUB
Austin, TX
SAT 7/1
Solo
SHAW'S PATIO BAR & GRILL
Fort Worth, TX
FRI 7/7
No Class
BROCK'S FOOD & DRINK
Granbury, TX
FRI 7/21
Sam the Lion
MILL STREET TAVERN
Ardmore, OK
SUN 7/23
No Class
MAGNOLIA MOTOR LOUNGE
Fort Worth, TX
SAT 7/29
Rogers & Long
FRED'S TX CAFE
Fort Worth, TX
SAT 8/5
Solo
SHAW'S PATIO BAR & GRILL
Fort Worth, TX
SAT 8/12
Rogers & Long
HEIM ON THE RIVER
Fort Worth, TX
SAT 8/19
Buddy Lane, Chris Curtis & Ed Rogers
MILL STREET TAVERN
Ardmore, OK
FRI, 9/1
Rogers & Long
MAGGIE'S R&R
Fort Worth, TX
THU, 9/7
Sam the Lion
THE POST
Fort Worth, TX