Rosser Clark wanted to play guitar from the time he was three years old, when his older sisters took him to see the Beatles movie, “A Hard Day’s Night.” Soon after, he used his allowance money to begin buying Beatles singles. In college, he studied jazz and classical guitar, along with classical composition. Through it all, he continued to play blues, rock and roll, and bluegrass. For more than ten years, Rosser has played with the popular Falls Church based Andrew Acosta and the New Old-Time String Band, performing hundreds of concerts, including multiple appearances at the Washington Folk Festival, and a live set on WAMU. He has also been called on for regular work as a session musician over the years, including major contributions on Tony Doggett’s two most recent albums, Please Don’t Send Me To Zaire and A Moment In Time.  Rosser is happy to have the chance to crank up his electric guitar on stage with the Tony Doggett Band.  His gear includes a 1986 Fender Stratocaster and a newer Custom Shop Telecaster, which he plays through a 1967 “Blackface” Fender Deluxe Reverb. Rosser regularly brings down the house with amazing guitar solos, either alone or in tandem with other musicians on stage.  In recognition of his prowess, Tony has taken to calling him “Shredder.”

So grateful to the over 160 friends, colleagues, family members, and fans who packed Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA on  January 6 for the Meet the Doggetts event organized in cooperation with Eric Townsend of Splashkit (see photos below courtesy of Linda Rozett at FirstWord Strategies). We are still glowing from the outrageous success of  this quadruple-header concert, which featured not only the Tony Doggett Band–Dave Olson, Charlie Hastings, Rossser Clark, Chuck Haskins, Frank Amodeo, and me–but also my sons Clinton, Ben, and Brad and their respective musical collaborators Andrew Fishbein, Marco Sonevystky, Steve Boone, and Adam Johnston. Everyone put in an amazing performance, not least  my wife Anne, who tore the place up with a gutsy, spot-on rendition of Bonnie Raitt’s “Love Me Like A Man.” Daughter Elizabeth also added her sweet voice for the closing number, “The Banks of the Ohio.” Continue reading …

This is going to be awesome. In collaboration with Eric S. Townsend of SplashKit, I’ll bring my band and the musical acts of my three talented sons (Clinton, Ben, and Brad) to Jammin’ Java on Wednesday, January 6. In case you don’t know them already, Brad is a teen heartthrob, with several music videos netting close to a million views on YouTube. Ben is also a singer-songwriter who leads the music ministry at Christ Our Shepherd Church in DC and has a solo album coming out shortly. Clinton, who toured to San Francisco and back a few summers ago with his band “More Humans,” is currently  promoting their new Enamel Records EP. And of course you already know my story…. Mark your calendars for January 6!

Recently, we celebrated the first anniversary of the release of my last album A Moment in Time.  If you’re hooked up to a pair of decent speakers, then give the sampler here a listen!

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