GIRARD ART WALK 2026

“I have been playing the Blues for over 35 years starting with the Zipper City Blues Band, with Dave Steele, Dennis Wieland, and Brian Whitney. We ran for 9 years. In 1992 I formed the Rodger Montgomery Blues Band and have had it since. Along the way I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Johnny (Clyde) Copeland, Otis Rush, and others. I spent a year in the trenches playing with Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers, Lonnie Shields, and John Brim. I released the critically acclaimed Album Rodger Montgomery Blues Band in 1993 which has been heard all over the world. In 1996 I played on Big Jack Johnson’s Album “We got to stop this killing”. In 2002 I wrote the song “The Forgotten Ones” for the NAACP video production company. The whole video is accompanied by My Music.
In 2012, and 2014 I was the winner in the Blues category for the Rock Erie Music Awards REMA’s”

–Rodger Montgomery

The Broke Boland String Show is an energetic, eclectic and entertaining back-to-basics band creating their own style based on the roots of music that mixes such genres as bluegrass, blues, rockabilly, punk and a few surprises along the way. With catchy lyrics and entertaining onstage antics, this is one folk ‘n rock n’ blues band you don’t want to miss.