Artists Roger Salloom Roger Salloom - La Te Da | Roger Salloom - La Te Da |
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 Roger Salloom started his life and career in Worcester where he first studied banjo at 13 years old. He was influenced then by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Geoff Muldaur, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, the singing brakeman, Jimmy Rodgers and the Kingston Trio. At 19 he was opening for Jose Feliciano. In 1975, he immortalized the town in what the New York Times called, “his own version of Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run,’ called ‘Gotta Get Out of Worcester.’ “ Roger went to Indiana University in Bloomington in 1966. He chose his major by walking around the campus trying to feel the “vibes” of the various buildings. There and in San Francisco he found his poetic self and started to truly take his song writing seriously. WUMB radio Interview and Acoustic Performance Video Part 1
WUMB radio Interview and Acoustic Performance Video Part 2 WUMB radio Interview and Acoustic Performance Video Part 3 In 1968, he signed his first recording deal with Chess Records’ subsidiary, Cadet Concept. Salloom, Sinclair and Mother Bear received rave reviews and was #1 on the charts of the top FM rock stations in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Boston. It has since become collectible 30 years later. Before long Marshall Chess, Roger's champion at the label, went off to be the president of the Rolling Stones’ new record label. The band broke up, but not before Roger Salloom and Robin Sinclair recorded again with Chess in Nashville in 1971 using the Grammy nominated group Area Code 615.
Roger left California and settled into Northampton, Massachusetts in 1980 to raise his children as a single father. In 1983 he released a recording on the local label, Yellow Plum Records, a recording which became a Billboard Top Album Pick and garnered heavy airplay on some of the most influential stations in the northeast, the exclusive area of its release. It was chosen as Charles Laquidara’s Big Mattress Song of the Week on Boston’s radio giant WBCN. He continued to play with greats including The Band (6 times), John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rick Danko, The Bodeans, Joan Armatrading, Leon Russell, Jonathan Edwards and many others. Presently every year Roger performs at the Pines Theater in Northampton. It is the largest outdoor free concert of the year in Western Mass. Thousands of residents of the area have grown up listening to Roger's music. This concert is celebrating its 22nd year. He has performed with Van Morrison, Santana, Cheech and Chong, Doc Watson, NRBQ, Maria Muldaur, Jonathan Edwards, Paul Butterfield and many others. Roger is still playing, writing and singing better than ever. “It baffles me that I am still getting better!”
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