Slide Masters - Roy Rogers

Roy is incredible. Technically he's very sophisticated but he also dresses his playing with alot of non-slide rythm playing which, coupled with his singing, make him one of the most well-rounded performers in slide and bottleneck music.

He is also pretty unique and distinguishable in some of his setups. He plays this Dobro 12-string monster with a pickup as if it were the simplest guitar to slide around with.

Listen to it here in Walkin' Blues:



Another distinguishable innovation of his is the nylon strings setup. The nylons on his Martin acoustic give his sliding a warm sound unlike anything else I've heard:



Finally, one of the things I like about Roy is he often plays in open E which is my tuning of preference also.

I'll leave you with a Roy Tip for beginner sliders:

"The most important thing to remember is to always have fun. Don't let it become laborious."

Peace,