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    May 10th.. 2007   R.B.WESTON

   Roger is a regular visitor to our club but tonight he was here again as our entertainer for the evening. For each of his shows he always gives us a different concert and covers the various aspects of the country music genre.

  As is his wont, he gave us a mix of Ballads and Uptempo numbers, old and new songs and was able to please both dancers and listeners alike.

     Starting with Randy Travis's, For Ever And Ever Amen, he continued with another Classic, Swinging Doors, a hit for Merle Haggard, Dell Reeves and Buck Hall. Turning to New Country, Roger delivered Garth Brooks's, Much Too Young To Feel This Damned Old, Willie and Toby's, Beer For My Horses, Darryl Worley's, I Need A Breather and George Strait's, One Night At A Time.

Throughout the night we had a lovely mix of the older and newer ditties all of which were well received by our appreciative audience.  Lots of favourites included, Somewhere Under The Sun, Walk On By, Little Ole Wine Drinker, Some Beach, Past The Point Of Rescue, Speak To The Sky, Down Louisiana Way and more.

        Others I especially enjoyed included, Leon Payne's, Blue Side Of Lonesome, a hit for Jim Reeves, Paul Overstreet's, Soin Love, Brooks and Dunn's , You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone, Steve Earle's, Sometimes She Forgets, a hit for Travis Tritt and Joe Nicholls, Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.

 Roger wastes no time in his deliveries and tonight gave us Forty - Two  complete songs for an evening of great entertainment.

               Cyril Insley

 

February 2nd 2006  R.B.WESTON

Local singer / guitarist Roger was our guest tonight but unfortunately attendance was somewhat reduced on account of sickness and extremely cold weather. Nevertheless those who did come tonight had a most enjoyable evening's entertainment.

   From the first number, Hal Ketchum's ' Tonight We Just Might Fall In Love' dancers were on the floor and filled it frequently during the night. Most popular songs for the dancers were Don Schlitz's ' The Gambler ' Paul Overstreet's ' Seeing My Father In Me' Travis Tritt's ' Country Club' Alan Jackson's ' Living On Love' Don Williams' ' You're My Best Friend' Don Gibson's 'Sea Of Heartbreak' The Eagles ' Peaceful Easy Feelin' ' George Strait's ' One Night At A Time'  Willie and Waylon's ' Good-hearted Woman' Ernest Tubb's ' Waltz Across Texas'  Hank's ' Your Cheatin' Heart' and Froggy's ' All Because Of You.' 

 Rock 'N' Rollers were also out in force for Gene Pitney's ' Hello Mary Lou' a smsh hit for Rickie Nelson. All of these songs too were well appreciated and supported by those who enjoy listening or singing along to.

Other less common numbers included Alan Jackson's ' There Goes' and 'Who's Cheatin' Who' and Wade Hayes ' I Just Wanna Dance With You.'

   Roger's, straightforward, no- messing delivery allowed him to sing Forty Two full- length songs during the evening which was excellent value.

    Cyril Insley

September 22nd 2005 R B WESTON

It was an early return to our club for Roger following his debut here in June, and it did not take long to fill the floor with dancers. Amongst his early programme, Froggy's ' Somewhere Under The Sun' and Sonny Throkmorton's ' The Cowboy Rides Away' both brought out the best in the dancers and the audience's singers alike.

Other popular numbers included John Denver's ' Back Home Again', Tom Russell's ' Blue wing', Charley Pride's ' All I Have To Offer You Is Me', Hank's ' There's A Tear In My Beer', Ernest Tubb's ' Waltz Across Texas', Alan Jackson's ' Chattahoochie', Tim McGraw's ' Just To See You Smile' and Mark Knoffler's ' Walk Of Life'.

Roger, impeccably dressed as usual continued to play and sing without interruption, mixing the old with the new and pleasing all factions of the audience.

My particular favourites included ' Pick Me Up On Your Way Down' and ' Remember When'.

Once again Roger gave a solid performance to keep us all entertained in fine style.

    Cyril Insley

 

R B Weston June 2nd 2005

Making his first appearance at our club tonight, indeed making his debut anywhere as a Solo Singer/ Guitarist, Roger Bower, who with his wife Heidrun is a regular attender here, gave a sensational performance throughout this evening.

 Roger, whose stage sobriquet is based on his mother's maiden name, first learned to play ukelele when only 12 years old. With his brother he formed the five piece group ' The Skiffle Kings'. Later he progressed to Rock Music and played with ' The Javelins' and learned to play keyboards. After spending five years in Germany he returned to Burton on Trent and following a visit to the local Jazz Club learned to play Banjo and still plays in a couple of Jazz bands, ' The Trent Valley Stompers' and 'The Old Comrades'.

Following visits to local Country Music clubs he set his sights on performing that genre of music. Since last October he has been familiarising himself with loads of Country songs and tonight fulfilled his aim, and what a superb show he gave.Initially a little apprehensive the more he sang however the better his show became. It was full of old songs, new songs and Classics to suit listeners and dancers alike. We had Hank's ' I can't Help It', Don's ' You're My Best Friend', merle's ' Daddy Frank', Charlie Walker 's ' Pick Me Up On Your Way Down' etc.

New songs included Alan Jackson's 'There Goes'  and ' That'll Be Alright', Joe Nicholls' ' Broken- Heartsville' George Strait 's ' Write This Down' and Wade Hayes ' I'm Still Dancing With You'. Altogether he gave us Forty Two full length songs, all performed stylishly and with feeling. No wonder he received such a spendid ovation. This may have been his first booking here but i'm sure it won't be the last.

                Cyril Insley