Roger Salloom is a rootsy folkish singer songwriter who Rolling Stone called "a superb story-teller whose music is incredibly infectious." Indianapolis Living magazine calls Roger Salloom "the definition of an underground superstar."

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So Glad I Made It: The Saga of Roger Salloom, America's Best Unknown Songwriter is the soundtrack for the off-beat, humorous award-winning documentary film of the same name.

So Glad I Made It is the story of Roger Salloom, a quirky Bob Dylan-type singer songwriter, as he tries to revive his career after giving up on the music busineess for 20 years. Salloom, who as leader of the 1960's psychedelic rock band Salloom, Sinclair, and the Mother Bear shared the stage at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore and Avalon Ballrooms with Santana, Van Morrison, Procol Harum, and others, released a critically acclaimed record The Chicago Tribune named its "Top Album of 1968." But commercial success failed to match Salloom's promise. Now, as Salloom is trying again, the music business has changed--more cutthroat and infatuated with adolescent pop stars.

The Recording Academy put the So Glad I Made It soundtrack on the 2005 GRAMMY Awards ballot for "Best Soundtrack for a Motion Picture." The film has won six top film festival awards.

The Cape Cod Times said, "That Salloom deserves stardom (after hearing him, you'll see what I mean) makes the story all that more compelling and poignant."

The Valley Advocate (MA) called the music "phenomenal."

The Nashville Scene described the film as "a kind of music-business analogue to The Natural."

Worcester Magazine said "So Glad I Made It is the kind of film you don't forget."

Las Vegas Arts & Entertainment Corner said, "What a wonderful documentary!"