Playing as professional road musician in clubs very seldom pays the bills and can be harmful to your health! With that said, my time playing in rock bands has been and continues to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of my life so here’s a brief history of my adventures.
MissGuided: 2013 - Current
MissGuided is a Prince George BC clasic rock band recently formed to play club and one-night venues in and around the central interior. The band may be new but itsl players are veterans who have all played togeher in numerous other incarnations in the past. The players are Drums/Vocals: Darcy Hartford, Bass Guitar: Mike Ball, Key's/Vocals: Anna Sandberg and Guitar/Vocals: Bruce Rogers. Click on the photo to go to MissGuided website.
Skid Row/Waterstreet 1984 - 1988
Pics
Billy Barker Day-Quesnel 1980 - Battle of the bands-we Won!
Practice - Quesnel BC, 1980
In 1984 from Quesnel BC the road band Skid Row was formed. Dale LeBlanc (drums), Bruce Rogers (Guitar), Merv Miller (bass) and Doug Cotter (keyboards). Other preceding members were Ray Shultz, Ivan Pepper and Bob Micheck. The band toured on the BC and Alberta rock circuit through Vancouver booking agents such as Notable Entertainment and Sam Feldman and Associates playing Top 40 music for two years and then with he departure of Doug Cotter to pursue a career in aviation replaced him with guitarist Lionel Peterson and changed the name to Water Street.
Formed in Prince George BC, Mynzeye was another top 40 circuit bar band. We toured around BC booking through Sam Feldman and Associates agency out of Vancouver. The band was Eddie Develon (drums), Darrel Randal (guitar/bass), Bruce Rogers (guitar), Gary Crawford (guitar/bass) and Gary Ingham (keyboards), Danny Metz (soundman).