Rodger is a Past President, and a charter member of, the California Chapter of the Western Music Association.  He comes from a tradition of Saturday night family sing a longs, where all the generations got together to sing, with his dad playing guitar.   Rodger describes himself as a second-generation cowboy singer.  “My dad had a show on WRNY radio, in the 30’s, singing cowboy songs, so I am the Son of a Cowboy Singer”.

Rodger grew up in the era of Hoppy, Roy, and Gene (Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry).  He enjoyed the old western songs he heard his dad sing and the recordings of Gene, Roy, and others.  When his life took him west, he got interested in the history, lore, and code of the west.  So Rodger started singing the songs himself and then writing his own story songs in the tradition and style of the old songs.

Rodger , based in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, performs regularly at: the Museum of the American West (Autry) hosting the 3rd Sunday of the Month Western Music Jamboree.  Rodger performs at many festivals, fairs, and clubs such as; Western Music Association Festival, Arizona Cowboy Symposium, Vaquero Days, Tombstone Cowboy Festival, Conejo Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, Coffee Gallery Backstage,  and numerous campfires.  He was selected for the Musicians Roster of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

He describes his musical influences as running the gamut from Homer and Jethro to the Golden Gate Quartet, from Carson Robison to Burl Ives, and from Gene Autry to Django Reinhardt.  His songs are word paintings and they don’t stick to one style.

He might surprise you with some whistling, banjitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, acoustic bass guitar, or whatever else he can get his hands on.