Bobby Lee Rodgers is an American guitarist who has led the Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio and was a member of

The Codetalkers The Codetalkers were a jazz, rock and roll band from Savannah, Georgia, composed of Bobby Lee Rodgers, (lead vocals, electric banjo, guitar, "air trombone"), Mark Raudabaugh ( drums, vocals) and Andrew Altman ( bass, vocals). The band was fo ...

. Rodgers studied

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and

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at the

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. He moved to Boston, where he taught jazz studies at the

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as their youngest instructor at age 23. Rodgers released his first solo album, ''Water Buffalo'', in 1997 on ZC Records. In 1999, Rodgers formed The Codetalkers alongside Col. Bruce Hampton after meeting Hampton at the

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. The Codetalkers broke up in 2009, and Rodgers has since continued as a solo artist and as the leader of the Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio. On March 24, 2018, Rodgers supported the

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at The Fillmore Miami. On May 5, 2018, Rodgers, along with

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and

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at the

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as part of Lynyrd Skynyrd's

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. Rodgers was a member of

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on its 2023 tour.

Discography

* ''Water Buffalo'' (1997, ZC) * ''Mercury Retrograde'' (2004, self-released) * ''BLR'' (2011, self-released) * ''Illuminati'' (2012, self-released) * ''Firefly EP'' (2013, self-released) * ''Wanee Music Music Festival: Recorded Live at Cornett's Spirit of Suwanee Music Park, April 19–22, 2017'' (2017, MunckMix) * ''Sled'' (2019, Long Song)

References

External links

Official website
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