Profile: Rosser Clark

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.”