Bobby Lee Rodgers

Bobby Lee Rodgers is an American musician who is currently a solo artist and leader of the Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio. He is a former member of The Codetalkers. Rodgers studied jazz and classical guitar at the University of Georgia. After his time at Georgia, Rodgers moved to Boston, where he taught jazz studies at the Berklee College of Music as their youngest instructor at age 23.[1] Rodgers released his first solo album, Water Buffalo, in 1997 on ZC Records.[2] In 1999, Rodgers formed The Codetalkers alongside Col. Bruce Hampton after meeting Hampton at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. The Codetalkers broke up in 2009,[3] and Rodgers has since continued as a solo artist and as the leader of the Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio. On March 24, 2018, Rodgers supported the post-grunge act Bush at The Fillmore Miami. On May 5, 2018, Rodgers, along with Jimmie Vaughan and Blackfoot, supported Lynyrd Skynyrd at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida as part of Lynyrd Skynyrd's The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour.[4]

Bobby Lee Rodgers
Birth nameBobby Lee Rodgers
OriginSavannah, Georgia
GenresRock, jazz, blues, jazz fusion
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active1990s-present
Associated actsThe Codetalkers, Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio
Websitewww.bobbyleerodgers.com

Discography

With The Codetalkers:

See: The Codetalkers

Solo / Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio:[5]

· Water Buffalo (1997, ZC Records)

· Mercury Retrograde (2004, self-released)

· BLR (2011, self-released)

· Illuminati (2012, self-released)

· Firefly EP (2013, self-released)

· Wanee Music Music Festival: Recorded Live At Cornett's Spirit Of Suwanee Music Park, April 19–22, 2017 (as Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio) (2017, MunckMix)

· Sled (as Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio) (2019, Long Song Records)

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References
  1. "Bobby Lee Rodgers – Bio". www.bobbyleerodgers.com. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  2. "Bobby Lee Rodgers – Water Buffalo". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. DeYoung, Bill. "Rock 'n' roller coaster". Connect Savannah. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  4. "Bobby Lee Rodgers Setlist at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  5. "Bobby Lee Rodgers". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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