Roger Meade Clyne (born January 13, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is currently the lead singer, primary songwriter, and rhythm guitar player for the American rock band

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona. History Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers formed in 1998, following the removal of Brian Blush and departure of Art Edwards from The Refreshments (American band), The ...

. His previous bands include The Refreshments and the Mortals. His musical career has spanned three decades, including several hits with The Refreshments and penning the theme song for the animated television series ''

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''. He wrote and recorded the victory song for his hometown

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club, the

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, entitled "The D-Backs Swing". Much of Clyne's music throughout his career revolves around life in

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and

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. He was born in

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and grew up in Tempe, where he balanced life as a suburban kid while visiting his grandparents' ranch in southern Arizona, where he rode horses, herded cattle and fixed fences. As a youth and young adult, his frequent trips to Mexico have influenced his music. Clyne attended college at

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, where he played with several bands. While at ASU, he did a Spanish immersion class and lived with a family in Enseñada, Mexico. During that stay, he also did an ethnography for Anthropology credit of his choice of subject,

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s. This meant Clyne would follow them around town and interview them while buying them beers and gaining their trust. Every album that Clyne has written for both The Refreshments and RCPM has had mariachi horns on it. His love of a beach town on the Sea of Cortez in Sonora, Mexico called

Puerto Peñasco Puerto Peñasco () is a small city located in Puerto Peñasco Municipality in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora, from the border with the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 62,689 inhabitants. ...

(Rocky Point) came through when he decided to have his band play there for a concert in 2000. What began as a one-night, one-band concert there grew into what is now a four-day annual music festival named Circus Mexicus. The event brings over 5,000 people, and two events, the Hot Dog & a Smile and the Rock & Beach Soccer tournament, both raise money for charities based in Rocky Point. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (also known as RCPM) released their eighth full-length studio album, ''Native Heart'', on June 30, 2017. Clyne owns his own tour bus and tours all over the United States every year. His other interests include his own brand of ultra-premium

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, named Roger Clyne's Mexican Moonshine Tequila, which was renamed Canción in 2021. He is part owner of a bar in Puerto Peñasco calle
Banditos
Clyne and his wife, Alisa Nicole Clyne, live in Tempe; they have three children.

Discography

* ''

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'' (1994) (with The Refreshments) * '' Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy'' (1996) (with The Refreshments) * '' The Bottle & Fresh Horses'' (1997) (with The Refreshments) * ''Honky Tonk Union'' (1999) * ''Real to Reel'' (2000) (Live) * ''Sonoran Hope and Madness'' (2002) * ''¡Americano!'' (2004) * ''Live at Billy Bob's Texas'' (2005) * ''Four Unlike Before'' (2006) (EP) * '' No More Beautiful World'' (2007) * ''

Turbo Ocho ''Turbo Ocho'' is the fifth studio album released by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. It was released on April 29, 2008. Background January 4, 2008, Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers started an eight consecutive day audio/video chronicle. A revoluti ...

'' (2008) * '' Glow in the Dark'' (2009) (Live) * ''Unida Cantina'' (2011) * ''The Independent'' (2014) * ''Native Heart'' (2017) * ''Live at the Belly Up'' (2017)

Cultural impact

In the 2011 novel ''Donations to Clarity'' by Noah Baird (published by Second Wind Publishing), two characters were named after Roger Clyne: newscaster Echo Clyne and her cameraman Roger. In 2016, Popmotion Pictures created a documentary of The Refreshments to celebrate their first album, ''Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy'', turning 20 years old. Named
Here's to Life
', the documentary was released in March 2017 and featured in the

Phoenix Film Festival Phoenix Film Festival is a festival that celebrates feature films, documentaries, short films and their creators. Started in 2001, the annual celebration takes place in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. The Festival is run under the umbrella of the 5 ...

.Ed Masley, The Republic. azcentral.com. Published 12:42 p.m. MT April 5, 2017, Updated 10:29 p.m. MT April 19, 2017

Soundtracks

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'' 1997 "Psychosis" (as The Refreshments) *''

'' theme song - "Yahoos and Triangles" (as The Refreshments)

References

External links

Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers
official site.
Long Ride Home Documentary

Video Interview in October 2008

Roger Clyne's Mexican Moonshine Tequila

Circus Mexicus music festival in Rocky Point, MX

Banditos; Refuge and Refreshment
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