Energenic Blues with various styles and positive lyrics.

10 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Delta Style, BLUES: Electric Blues



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The Man and the music speaks for itself. Earnest âGuitarâ Roy is truly fulfilling his dream. Earnest Roy, Jr. was born on September 25th, 1958 in Clarksdale, Mississippi under the watchful eye of his late, great father and guitarist, Earnest Roy, Sr, who worked with Jackie Brinston, Ike Turner, John Lee Hooker, Wade Walton, Raymond Hill and many of the other Clarksdale bluesman. Earnest Sr. was in a book called, âConversation with the Bluesâ by Paul Oliver. Earnestâs father taught him bass guitar at the early age of five, and when Earnest turned eight, he began playing in his fathers band, âEarnest Roy and the Clarksdale Rockersâ, who's members included Big Jack Johnson, C.V. Ville, and Raymond Hill.

At age eleven, Earnest Jr. began playing lead guitar. Earnest Jr. formed his first band, First Choice, at age fourteen. It was at this time that he began playing blues and jazz music that developed into his own style, âBluejazzâ. The national exposure of First Choice led to an offer as a regular performer on Soul Train. At the time, however, the fourteen year old decided to finish high school. At seventeen, Earnest moved to Dayton, Ohio and joined a band called, Black Satin Soul.

In 1989, Jim OâNeal , the president and C.E.O. of Rooster Blues Records signed Earnest âGuitarâ Roy to the Rooster Blues label and released a single called âToo Many Women And I Wanna Know What My Little Girlâs Been Doingâ. The song was written in a San Diego hotel room while touring and playing backup guitar for the late blues great, Albert King.

From 1993 to 2001, Earnest played for the international televangelist and pastor, Rod Parsley, whose breakthrough ministry aired on 320 nations around the world. In 2001, Earnest âGuitarâ Roy returned to his blues roots when he began touring and appearing at blues and jazz festivals with the blues legend, Sam Carr. Earnest also toured Australia in cities such as Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Byron Bay, and Brisbane to name a few. While in the U.S., Earnest played at The House Of Blues in Orlando, Fl. with Joe Turner.

Earnestâs other credits include playing drums on Big Jack Johnsonâs first album âOil Manâ, and playing lead guitar and drums on Frank Frostâs âMidnight Prowlerâ album (Earnest has writing credit for the song "Earnestâs Groove"). The song appeared on the Earwig Music Label.

Bob Eagle, an Australian Blues Historian, said, âEarnest plays lovely, thoughtful original solos. Earnest is not another B.B. or Albert King, but is one of the few original voices on guitar. He has a happy knack of writing good songs and performing them convincingly.â

Earnest currently resides in Columbus, Ohio and has formed his own band, picking up where his father left off. He has inherited his fathers band name: âEarnest Guitar Roy and the Clarksdale Rockersâ.


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