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Roland Jr Bacon

Roland Bacon
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WELCOME, Roland Bacon.


Roland began playing bass when he was 16 and in the States he is the bass player for our friends Blindog Smokin'

He primarily enjoys playing funk and blues and is heavily influenced by all styles of music, including classical, singer-songwriter, rock and blues and soul. His primary influences in the music industry include Flea, Victor Wooten, Robert Cray and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Over the past 10 years, Roland has played with Bobby Rush, Kenny Neal, Billy Branch, Aynsly Lister and Miss Blues. He has played with Blinddog at the Pinedale Blues Festival, the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (Formerly the King Biscuit Blues Festival), the Tulsa Blues Festival, the Newton Blues Festival and the Dusk ’til Dawn Festival.