Born and raised in St. John's, NF. Roger Howse is extremely fortunate to have come from a very musical family, and to have grown up in what is still an unbelievably vibrant music, theatre, film and arts community.
He started playing the guitar at age nine, and did his first gig at fifteen.
"I've been playing the blues for about 25 years now. I've had lots of other gigs, from rock to country to reggae, etc., but the blues has been a constant."
"I've also had the opportunity to work a little in radio, both as an on-air personality and as a guitarist/producer of radio programming, and had some experience in audio production for film and video."
"Like many of my friends and colleagues, I have had some pretty weird jobs to help pay the bills, but I always come back to the music."
"These days I have 'diversified' my efforts; I still play locally, do the occasional road gig, do some music programming, some business programming and some audio consulting."
"What would I tell younger players starting out? Keep an open mind, listen to a wide variety of music, work toward reasonable goals and get yourself some other skill set to help you through the dry spells (and, yes, 97% will have.em!)"
Here is a video from the Arts Council Awards, May 7, 1994, LSPU Hall St. John's, Newfoundand.
With Roger Howse (guitar), Karl Peet (guitar), Brian Kenny (bass), Bob Hiscock (drums), Paul Kinsman (piano).
This one is called Double Life. A song that he wrote about two friends of his and what was going on in their lives at the time. This video is also from the Arts Council Awards, May 7, 1994, LSPU Hall St. John's, Newfoundand.
As you can tell, if you have the chance to see this guy live it would be a mistake to let the chance pass you by.
(If there is one thing you can do with Roger House Band - and that is DANCE!"
-and in the end, that is what it is all about...d.a. President)
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