Mike Rogers

Not to name names, but Mike Rogers has entertained judges, CEOs (Barnes & Noble's), wine families (Robert Mondavi's), TV comedy writers (Jeff Foxworthy's, etc.), pop singers (The Backstreet Boys'), All-NFC NFL All-Pros (Mike Kenn), pro baseball Hall of Famers (Don Sutton), managers (Bobby Cox) and even The Jamaican Bobsled Team Captain. He's performed when the guest speakers were NFL MVPs and Players of the Year (also All-Pro Atlanta Falcons). Memorable nights have found him on the same bill with the drummer from Lynrd Skynrd and one of classic R&B's Muscle Shoals Horns (jazz guitarist Larry Carlton's wife baby-sat his son during that set).

Picture Neil Young or Aaron Neville singing oldies accompanied by John Mayer’s Band. "…similar at times to the sophisticated rock of the Atlanta Rhythm Section" says national periodical Music Line. Before his Sound Effects Studio began producing The Mike Rogers Band's demos, drummer Herbie Sully worked with future Mick Jagger guitarist Brendan O’Brien and Bertie Higgins (“Key Largo”). Bassist Jack Gleason performed in a high school Jazz band representing the U.S. at the big Montreux (Switzerland) Jazz Festival. Born of Jamaican parents, University of Miami (scholarship) student Tivon Pennicott was twice voted Outstanding Saxophone Soloist at Lincoln Center jazz competitions in New York and has worked with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and UCLA professor Kenny Burrell.

Mike's had albums produced by the guitarist from projects by The Temptations, Diana Ross and Toni Braxton and album tracks produced by Sir Paul McCartney's Wings drummer. For one project he borrowed the drummer from a band featuring some former members of Kansas. Before a career working with students kept them closer to home, his wife Von joined former members of The Eagles, Poco/Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds/Stephen Stills' (of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) and Emmy Lou Harris’ bands in the studio (to this day, these projects continue to be re-released every few years as they have for almost thirty years). Mike's songs have been co–published by Sony Music and The Lowery Group (publishers of songs for The Beatles, Deep Purple, etc.) and by Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks and have been on Grammy-nominated albums.

Reviews:

"enjoyed your music! unique, soulful and soothing, luv your style!! absolutely…thrilled, icing on the cake, your music stayed with me!!!"

“a rippin’ set, beautiful guitar, captivating vocals”

"crowd-gathering, crowd-pleasing"

"enlightening musical talents"

“…so impressed, put me in such a good mood, beautiful voice and real talent with the guitar, such a good entertainment choice”

"understated elegance, loved your music"

“fabulous performances…grand...so perfect”

-Restauranteurs, guests and other hosts

Venues:

Chastain Park
The Atlanta Athletic Club
St. Ives Country Club
Lake Lanier Islands
The Country Club of the South
Centennial Olympic Park
The PGA's Tournament Players Club at
Sugarloaf
Georgian Terrace
Chateau Elan
Druid Hills Golf Club
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
New Orleans’ French Quarter
Seaside (FL)
Panama City’s Edgewater Resort
select college campuses, etc.

Events:

The Mall of Georgia's Fabulous 4th and
Summer Concert Series
Oktoberfest (Helen, GA)
Stone Mountain Park's Yellow Daisy Festival
Memorial Day with WWII Enola Gay pilot
Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets
(USAF, retired)
The Cherry Blossom Festival, etc.

Hosts:

Select Arts Councils
Select Departments of Community Affairs
Select Recreation and Parks Departments
The U.S. Army National Guard
The United Way
The Georgia Quarter Horse Association
The Good Horseman Foundation