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LaBarge - Father & Daughter Duo

Father & Daughter Duo

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Here are some of the events and places that “LaBarge” Has played at:
They have worked for :
“National Geographic”
“The BBC”
The Grand River Excursion In Marquette & McGregor Iowa & PDC WI.
Many Art Events,
Festivals include:
Driftless Area Art Festival
Allamakee County Fair
The Vesterhiem Museum, Decorah Iowa
Fayette Iowa’s Watermellon Days,
Cassville’s Bald Eagle Days,
Sonefield Wisconsin’s Railroad Days,
Lansing Iowa’s Fish Days,
Harpers Ferry Days in Iowa,
US Fish & Wildlife Service At Genoa Wisconsin’s Fish Hatchery 75th Anniversary,
On The Julia Belle Swain,
Grant Wood Art Festival in Stone City Iowa,
The Taste of Postville
Froelich Days - Froelich, Iowa
along With many other events and venues
“LaBarge” Has also been featured on many public Radio Programs.
View Roger LaBarge's EPK
Tony Macasaet
Of TheGreenman Music Hall Had to Say :
Hey guys,
We really enjoyed your performance, songs and stories at Greenman. Looking forward to the next time already.
"With Full Moon Over the River, their second album devoted entirely to original music inspired by life along the Mississippi River, Roger LaBarge... takes his place among the best of the river’s contemporary musical biographers."-- The Tapestry magazine
KDEC - FM 100.5
Jan 29 2007"You were spectacular", Roger. Thank you for your stories and your music. You are a cut above! I really hope you'll come again sometime. Jeni KDEC - FM 100.5
Mark Vos - K101 Iowa City
A Pro from the word go. "Roger LaBarge has played everywhere from Cedar Rapids to Nashville".
Good Music!
Dan Young - Host of Outdoors Dan Radio
"If you like to listen to good music that makes you feel like getting outdoors, then I recommend you listen to Full Moon Over the River. This is some of the finest River music I have ever listened to- I give it two antlers way up!"
Outdoors Dan Young Host of Outdoors Traditions TV and Outdoors Dan Radio
Daniel Young Host of Outdoors Dan Radio KRNT-1350am-Des Moines IA Praise 940 am-Des Moines IA KMOX-1120am-St Louis MO Outdoors Traditions TV-Host KCCI News Channel 8-Outdoors Dan Seg [email protected]
Mandy is presently working on her first solo album, and Roger is performing on his own and with his daughter and recording two new CD's.
If you are interested in buying a CD or booking Roger LaBarge for a show just email us at [email protected]
LaBarge are a Father and Daughter duo ( Roger LaBarge & Mandy LaBarge ). They Play Alot Of Original music and are known for their River Shows where they perform Roger's Original River Songs. LaBarge also play a variety of oldies & rock and roll! Mandy is an incredible seasoned musician for her age, very talented when it comes to guitar leads, rhythm, vocals, stage presence, and songwriting. Working on her talent for so many years with her father has really payed off when it comes to her musicianship. Roger LaBarge grew up singing and playing gospel music into his early teens and then went on to be influenced by alot of Motown music and the works of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Paul Siebel, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, and Dan Fogelberg, Roger LaBarge has adopted a singing style that is a mixture of all his favorites. Joined by his daughter, Mandy, They sing together at festivals, clubs, and special events. An extraordinary rapport comes across when father and daughter, Roger LaBarge & Mandy LaBarge of Harpers Ferry, take the stage and begin to sing. Music was a big influence in Roger's life from the time he was a young boy. " My grandmother played the piano and gave me lessons on my Accordian". She got it from her mother who also played piano. What Roger has learned he has now passed along to his daughter, Mandy. One day her mother was at a garage sale and picked up two tiny guitars. She put them together and made one nice little guitar that Mandy could start on. Roger said, " we started out with the song My Girl". Mandy played her first concert with me when she was in kindergarten. Mandy says she picked up her style of singing in much the same way her father did. When Dad sings and performs he is kind of a mixture of a lot of different musicians that he grew up with. He incorporates their styles into his own style so it becomes kind of a mix. Im like my father, yet Im like other people that I listen to because if I like something, I incorporate that into my own personal style. Its what Ive watched Dad do. Roger LaBarge & Mandy LaBarge won the First Annual Singer/Songwriters contest in Prairie du Chein at the legendary Main Entrance. They won Lansings Fish Days Talent Contest in 2003. They were the main entertainment in Marquette, McGregor, and Prairie du Chein during the Grand Excursion. They opened the show for the Emmy Award Winning US version of the BBC's National Geographic's Documentary Movie of "Tales OF The Last River Rat", a Documentary about Kenny Salwey's 27 years in the swamps of the upper Mississippi River. They have played many local Iowa Festivals and have had apperances on Postvilles KPVL, Decorah's KDEC 100.5, and also KVIK FM. They have shared the stage with a number of great midwest entertainers including Iowa Legends Joe & Vickie Price and Dave Moore. Roger LaBarge was featured on Iowa's First Annual Album Called "First Flight" along with working in Nashville, being on Nashville's "You Can Be A Star" and has wrote over 400 original songs. Watch for Roger's Myspace page comming soon, read his musical hsitory, it will amaze you. They ( LaBarge ) are an awsome father and daughter duo, and Roger's original music, can make you laugh, bring you to tears, and take you on a journey of life's trials and tribulations that will touch your very soul and make you yearn for more.............!!!!
Watch for Roger's blog's about upcoming news, events, and his comments about songwriting.
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Member Since: 6/18/2006
Band Website: artistlaunch.com/Roger LaBarge
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A Roger LaBarge Show…!

Or A Roger & Mandy LaBarge Show !

Coming to see a Roger LaBarge or a Roger & Mandy LaBarge Show is like going to see Garrison Keillor, only the entire show is story telling songs. Roger’s story’s are partly truth & partly fiction as you have maybe heard in a song before. Set back and listen to what it was like to spend a great deal of your childhood in “Stone City Iowa” where his Grandma Pearl lived along with his Uncle Dale the teller of catfish tales in his song “My Uncle Dale and The Wapsie”……..Listen to musical story’s about the World Famous Kenny Salwey , The Last River Rat in Roger’s song “The Last River Rat”. There is a chance you may here a song or two about riding “Harley Davidson’s” in “He Likes To Ride” , or “My Harley Davidson & You”. See what it’s like to ride a freight train down from St. Paul Minnesota to Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin in Roger’s song “River Train”. Listen to the tribute song for the “Tapestry Magazine’s Founder” Julie Berg Raymond in “Her Tapestry”, or enjoy the “Channel Cat Art Gallery” one more time in his song “Cool Cats About” which is dedicated to the closed down “Channel Cat Art Gallery” in Lansing Iowa. Help Roger & Mandy sing about the Giant Catfish Roger his Dad and his Grandpa all have tried to catch for years in his song “A Catfish Tale”…….! Or listen to the story about ole Willie the greatest Morel Mushroom hunter of all time and the Giant Morel Mushroom he found on Mushroom Hill and join in the song “Mushroom Hill”. Have fun with Roger’s song about Lansing Iowa’s greatest fisherman “Lansing’s Pan Fish King” you will here why he is known to be Lansing’s greatest fisherman. Learn about “Jon Straver’s & Ike Hastings” two wonderful Riverman and all the work they have done for our beloved Mississippi River and our Habitat and the Paddle Wheel they work on called the “Lilly belle”. A Roger & Mandy LaBarge show is just like a “River Dream”………….and you can go there in Roger’s song “River Dreams”……………………..

We look forward to seeing you at a show…!

Roger LaBarge - Rhythm - Lead - Vocals **

Mandy LaBarge - Rhythm - Lead - Vocals **

Influences: *** Steve Stills ** Neil Young ** Jim Messina ** Eric Clapton** Dan Fogelberg ** Carlos Santana ** Bob Dylan ** Robbie Robertson ** Various Motown Artists of the 50's ** Various Mainstream Artists of the 50's ** Various Jazz Artists from the 30's , 40's, 50's, and 60's ** Various Blues Artists from the 50's, 60's, and 70's **
Sounds Like:
There Rock & Roll Show is Like** A Mixture of oldies with a rock flair ** ( Eric Clapton / Carlos Santana Style)

There Original Show sounds Like " LaBarge "

Record Label: We are Managed By Kathy LaBarge
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Musical friends & Influences

Here are some of the folks who stand out as being an influence or just meaning alot to me over my 50 years in the music biz..........!  Mandy LaBarge,  Dennis "Daddy-O" McMurrin,  Doug&...
Posted by LaBarge - Father & Daughter Duo on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:25:00 PST

picture with log stump

Just wanted to mention.  If your wondering why there is just a plain log stump in the one picture with Roger there was a cat on that stump a 2nd before the picture was takin but she jumped off an...
Posted by LaBarge - Father & Daughter Duo on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:26:00 PST

our recordings..............!!

Alright.......I know our recordings don't sound great and are not clean and need more instuments.  We just don't have great recordings done yet but are working on it now.  We had this stuff ...
Posted by LaBarge - Father & Daughter Duo on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:17:00 PST

Mandy LaBarge.....what an artist........!

I just wanted to say a few words about my guitar playing daughter Mandy.  I am extremely proud of her and how much she has accomplished in the 17 years she has been playing music with me.  S...
Posted by LaBarge - Father & Daughter Duo on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:12:00 PST

Songwriting

I never want to think of songwriting as something hard.  When it becomes hard I lay it down, or put it in the can.  I have over 150 songs in the can ( I call these unfinished songs),  a...
Posted by LaBarge - Father & Daughter Duo on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:23:00 PST