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Roger Green

About Me

Born and raised in Denver, I started playing in bands as a teenager with Patrick Park and Sera Cahoone. I then joined the Czars for a few albums. In 2006 I was contracted to write a composition for 25 typists and 5 musicians presented a the Blemar Laboratory of Art and Ideas in Lakewood Colorado. I also appear on the Blossom half of Ron Miles' Stone/Blossom album which was released by Sterling Circle Records in November 2006.In November of 2004 I resigned from the Czars in order to work on my own music. For six years, the Czars was my main project. I was fortunate enough to work with Simon Raymonde and Giles Hall in the studio on The Ugly People vs. The Beautiful People (Bella Union / Manifesto 2001). During my tenure with the band we also recorded Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" for a tribute called Sing a Song for You (Manifesto 2000), soundtrack music for the film "I'd Rather Be...Gone"(2000), X Would Rather Listen to Y EP (2002), and Goodbye (2004). I feel lucky to have opened for / played with Sixteen Horsepower, Woven Hand, Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots, David Gray, Low, The Flaming Lips, Elf Power, Imperial Teen, Ron Miles, Violet Indiana, Hem, Devics, Joe Sampson, Porlolo, Patrick Park, Heirloom, Scout Niblet, Red Cloud, Cowhause / Janet Feder, Momen Terra, and probably a lot more I'm forgetting. Other releases include: The Way Things Go (2003): What Would This Be For? - Porlolo / Roger Green Split(2004): Roger Green S/T (2005): Blossom (2006); Clear Running Water (2007); The Glenn Taylor Orchestra (2008).

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Member Since: 07/03/2005
Band Website: BUY my records at www.twistandshout.com
Band Members: Guest players on my recordings so far have been: Sara Lov from Devics, Joe Sampson of A Dog Paloma, Marc Dalio of Momen Terra, Erik Deutsch of County Road X, Glenn Taylor of County Road X and (formerly) Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Eric Thorine from the Open Road Bluegrass Band, Kal Cahoone, and of course the engineering / production work of Colin Bricker of Cowhause. On the new album, Natalie Winslow of Rabbit is a Sphere sings harmony, Doug Anderson joined on bass, and Eric Moon plays piano / keysboards.
Influences: Dale Bruning, Bill Frisell, Ron Miles, Mark Herkner
Sounds Like: Here's a link to a review of the Roger Green / Porlolo split:http://music.westword.com/issues/2004-12-02/music/loca ls.print
Record Label: none

My Blog

Notes on the "Soothing Sounds" Typewriter Composition at the Belmar Lab of Art and Ideas

In July of 2006, the Belmar Laboratory of Art and Ideas (belmarlab.org) commissioned me to write a large piece of music using electric typewriters for its grand opening celebration. The aim of the pie...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:36:00 GMT