Roger Yeardley

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Secondary Genre: Americana Cincinnati, Ohio USA Contact

I'm a veteran singer/songwriter with worldwide play - radio, movies and TV. I have played from the bar up the street to Hong Kong, festivals to coffee shops. My Americana tunes include originals and covers. I do solo work, duos with some award winning guitarists, trios, and full band.

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Biography

Credited as being "one of Cincinnati's best known and most successful songwriters¨ (1),and "one of Cincinnati¡'s most treasured singer/songwriters" (2), Roger Yeardley has always had a love of American music traditions such as country, blues, roots-rock and rockabilly. Over the years he has crafted a unique organic fusion of these distinctly Americana sounds. Measuring 6' 7" in his stocking feet, this singer/ songwriter, guitarist/bassist is known not only for his "witty and penetrating" (3) lyrics, but also for his tall sound. The constants in his musical career have been a passion to write and record songs that say something and move people, and being known in both the local and international music communities.

Roger's first two CDs 'Sheepless in Cincinnati' and 'Roger Yeardley's Communal Effort' have received critical acclaim and worldwide airplay. 'Sheepless..' was chosen as an essential Cincinnati recording reflecting the blues-rock scene in Cincinnati (4). Roger's songs have been on several volumes of the 'Greatest Indie Artists in the World' international compilation CD series. Several local compilations have included his music (Shades of Blue II, Our Musik 99, Night Lights, Synesthesia, Another Day, 14 Nights), and one of his songs ('Rise & Fall of the Blues') was just covered by Cammy-award winning group, Ma Crow & the The Flock. Over the last couple of years Roger has been also placing his music in TV and films. His song 'This Space Reserved' was featured on the Music Choice cable TV channel for the month of June 2001. Two of his songs were used in the film, 'Mr. ID', starring Ami Dolenz (daughter of Monkee, Micky Dolenz). Roger has deals with the music libraries OneMusic (Nashville, L.A.), and Essential Music. His song -"Rise & Fall of the Blues" was in the NewLine Cinema release - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.


You can find Roger performing in varied venues from coffee shops to festivals. He performs solo and in in duos with award-winning guitarist like Marcos Sastre and Steve Sigsbee, as well as with his band Roger Y & the Quick Replies. He has opened the Cincy Bluesfest (with his band a the time, the Snakehandlers ), and also opened for the Cowboy Junkies, the Bossa Nova Beatniks, and Little Charlie and the Nightcats. Based on extensive airplay in New Zealand, Roger was invited to play at an international festival there in 2002. He has performed live on the radio on WVXU (Audiosyncracies), WNKU, and WAIF, and on TV (including City Nights (7 times)).

His compositions have received airplay from the local to international levels. His songs have been on the airwaves throughout Europe as well as countries such as New Zealand, Australia, China, and Taiwan. Roger¡¦s music has shared playlists around the world with hundreds of American music stars: Johnny Cash, B.B. King, The Dixie Chicks, Neil Diamond, the Eagles, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, and Dwight Yaokum just to name a few. A quick search on the internet using Roger¡¦s name will reveal his music on music sites in the U.S., Germany, New Zealand, Yugoslavia, Japan, and Latin America.

(1) Jim Knippenberg (Cinti. Enquirer) (2)Michael Milton (Everybody's News)
(3) Rick Bird (Cinti. Post) (4) Larry Nager (Cinti. Enquirer)

Instrumentation

I play solo, as well as duos with the following musicians -

Marcos Sastre - guitar, vocals
Dave Gilligan - guitar, vocals, harmonica
Steve Sigsbee - guitar, vocals
Jerry Hedge - guitar, pedal steel

For my solo and duo work I use a loop pedal to add bass and percussion on many songs. (and so can have a bigger sound than an unenhanced solo or duo)

I also perform with a full band, either the Balance Allstars, or Roger Y & the Quick Replies.

Discography

The Buffaloes (Played bass. Finalist in 97Xposure contest) tape: 1995
Another Day (song - 'Wish You'd Wonder' - on local music CD) 1995
Sheepless In Cincinnati (Cincinnati Artists Play the Songs of Roger Yeardley) CD:1996
Texas Twister Radio Vol. 1 (Greatest Indie Artists In the World) (songs 'This Space Reserved' and 'Talkin In the City' included on international comp CD) 1999
The Jazzcasters - Broadcast (Played bass. Instrumental version of 'Back Alley' included) 1999
Texas Twister Radio Vol. 3 (song 'Blue Period' included on international comp CD) 1999
Synesthesia (song 'Blue Period' included on (Willow Creative Group comp CD) 1999
Our Musik '99 (song 'Blue Period' included on music festival CD) 1999
Shades of Blue II (song 'Big & Bold' included on award winning Cincinnati blues CD) 1999
Roger Yeardley's Communal Effort (Son of Sheepless In Cincinnati) CD: 2/2000
Texas Twister Radio Vol. 4 (song 'The Chill' included on international comp CD) 2000
Texas Twister Radio Vol. 5 (song 'Man's Gotta Do' included on international comp CD) 2000
Texas Twister Radio Vol. 6 (song 'Knucklehead Express' included on international comp CD) 2001
Recovering Catholics (The Flock) (song 'Rise & Fall of the Blues' covered by local awarding winners, The Flock) 2002
Night Lights (Cincinnati Blues) (song 'Coast, Don't Boast' included on Cincinnati comp CD) 2003
14 Nights (City Nights comp.) (song 'Rise & Fall of the Blues' - live version by Balance AllStars)
Recovering Catholics (song 'Rise & Fall of the Blues' - recorded by Ma Crow & the Flock and included on this CD by The Flock)

Links

Audio

  • This Space Reserved
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  • Never Love You Less
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  • RISE N FALL OF THE BLUES
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  • I'm Sorry But So Is Brenda Lee
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  • Blue Period
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Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

  • Outstanding in his field

  • Solo acoustic

  • Bluesfest

  • Roger Y & the Quick Replies Earth Day

  • Roger & Marcos Sastre Duo

  • Album Cover

  • Gigging in Hong Kong

Press

  • Review excerpts [+ Show ]

    SHEEPLESS IN CINCINNATI "a beautiful, beautiful piece of work." - Brian O'D (WNKU) "stron...

Setlist

(ORIGINALS)
This Space Reserved
Come Dawn
Basement
Rise and Fall of the Blues
The Chill
Man’s Gotta Do
Haunting Me
Things Can Change
(Please Don’t Do) The Other Thing
World Upside Down
Never Love You Less
Knucklehead Express
Wish You’d Wonder
Fiesta `
Blue Period
B-Girls
For One Moment
That’s A Lie
Happy Hour
Back Alley
Be Kind to The Walking Dead
MG
Mirage
Talkin’ In the City
Someone Lurking in the Shadows
Fool For a Day
Workin’ and Worryin’
Big and Bold

(COVER TUNES)
Memphis Underground
Song For My Father
Take Five
Killer Joe
I’m Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)
Mr. Spaceman
Rock & Roll Star
The Weight
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
All Along the Watchtower
Never Going Back
Ain’t No Sunshine
Act Naturally
I’ve Got a Feeling
Hide Your Love Away
Eight Days A Week
Bad Time
Heartaches for a Dime
Paradise
Illegal Smile
Dropkick Me Jesus
Goin’ Down the Road
Rock Me Baby
The Thrill Is Gone
Every Day I Have the Blues
Lost in the Ozone
Midnight Shift
Truck Drivin’ Man
Seeds and Stems
Feeling Alright
For What It’s Worth
Dead Flowers
The Last Time
Prodigal Son
2000 Man
Ring of Fire
Folsom Prison Blues
I Guess Things Happen That Way
I Still Miss Someone
Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
I’m Not Like Everybody Else
Key To The Highway
Nine Below Zero
Hoochie Coochie Man
Help Me
Crossroads
Shakey Ground
Memphis Tennessee
Secret Agent Man
That’s Alright
I Put A Spell on You
Nature’s Way

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