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Roy Roberts (born February 22, 1943) is an American blues musician, record producer, and singer-songwriter. Roberts grew up in a small town in Livingston, Tennessee, United States, listening to blues and R&B on radio stations.
Biography. “Bluesman Roy Roberts is an original and there’s no other blues singer or guitarist who can equal his blend of minor-key, soul-laced shuffles.”. – Roberta Penn, The Independent Weekly. “This man knows a thing or two about soulful music!
History. Roy Roberts became hooked on music while growing up in a small town in Tennessee, listening to blues and R&B on radio stations WLAC out of Nashville. Jimmy Reed’s “Baby What You Want Me to Do” was the clincher and at the age of 14, Roy worked on a nearby farm to earn the money for his first guitar, a mail order Sears Silvertone.
Roy Roberts’ astute listening and learning as well as congeniality and ability to rise to the occasion brought about his amazing story. He’s been a bluesman for nearly three decades after starting his career as a member of the first band defined as playing soul music.
Roy Roberts became hooked on music while growing up in a small town in Tennessee, listening to blues and R&B on radio stations WLAC out of Nashville. Jimmy Reed’s “Baby What You Want Me to Do” was the clincher and at the age of 14, Roy worked on a nearby farm to earn the money for his first guitar, a mail order Sears Silvertone.
Roy Roberts performing live for the 35th Annual Carolina Blues Festival, hosted in Greensboro, NC. Recorded and streamed live on May 15th, 2021.
- 47 min
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- Three Attic Entertainment
Jul 6, 2020 · Now nearing eighty years of age, North Carolina soul-bluesman Roy Roberts looks back over a career that started as a kid, with a guitar to catch the women and to free him from a life working the family farm. We hooked up on the verge of a new release, the first in some time, to chat with an old friend.
