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Roy Vogt to present bass clinic in Hendersonville

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Roy VogtElectric bassist Roy Vogt, member of the Jerry Tachoir Group, will present a bass clinic at Monthaven Mansion, home of the Hendersonville Arts Council, on Saturday, January 28, 1-3 pm. Admission charge is $25.

 


Monthaven is located at 1154 W. Main St, Hendersonville. The clinic is a fund raiser for the Hendersonville Arts Council.

 

For more information about the clinic call 822-0789 or visit www.hendersonvillearts.org.

About Roy Vogt:

Roy took up the bass in Texas at 14, inspired by Jack Bruce, Jack Cassidy, Chris Hillman and Noel Redding. His first mentor, Dallas bassist Ed Garcia, turned him onto the playing of Ray Brown and Stanley Clarke and detoured the young bassist into jazz and fusion. Roy worked in a variety of Rock, Funk and Country bands in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area until he joined the Texas fusion band Aurora.

This led to gigs opening for Larry Coryell and the LA Express and allowed Roy to meet and learn from Stanley Clarke, Miroslav Vitous, and Max Bennett. The music of the Dixie Dregs, Mark Egan with Pat Metheny, and Jaco Pastorius led Roy to the University of Miami Jazz program, where he received the first Masters in Electric Bass Performance awarded in the US in 1980.

In 1980, Roy moved to Nashville, TN where he has worked with Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts, country guitar legend Jerry Reed, and a host of major label Rock, Country, Contemporary Christian, and Pop acts.

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