The WDVX Blue Plate Special – 12/21 – Roger Dean / Gavin Harper
December 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Roger Dean has been playing music since he put his first band together at just 15 years old. They travelled all around Central Utah playing top 100 pop hits, country music & rock n roll.
Growing up, he always listened to Country Music , learning from the greats: Jim Reeves, Ferrin Young, Eddie Arnold, Willie, Waylon, and Haggard. In his 20s, he played country music in bars and dinner clubs in Cortez , Colorado. He wrote lots of music and was offered a contract in Nashville, Tennessee.
Later, while living in Southern Utah, he played at rodeos, county fairs and various city events and was chosen as a finalist representing his region for the Country Showdown Contest.
Roger always makes time to play for charity fundraisers, Senior Centers and Assisted Living Homes and is now currently living in Nashville, Tennessee writing and recording his music at Hilltop studio.
Some of the places you can find Roger Dean Playing are: The Commodore, Troubadour Theatre, Fox and Locke, Tootsie’s, Bobby’s Idle Hour and many more.
On his journey to Nashville he played in Kingman, Tack Shed, Blackridge Brewery and Yuma Az at The Dirty South BBQ at Amarillo Tx Broken Spoke Saloon. Jacksonville Alabama Moose Lodge, Dillard George ..Mtn city theatre.
Gavin Harper started playing guitar in the 5th grade. He won his elementary school talent show singing and playing guitar. He was immediately hooked. He began taking guitar lessons and started to learn other songs to play and sing.
He began listening to many different kinds of music and started paying attention to songwriting. During the next few years he kept performing at recitals and honing his skills on guitar. He even got to perform at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.