Sol Roots

Current

Band Leader at Sol
Owner at Zavuya Music
Independent Contractor and Featured Artist at Music Maker Relief Foundation

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Education

Middle Tennessee State University
Radford University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Sol

Connections

160 connections

Industry

Music

Websites

Sol Roots’s Summary

- Bachelor of Science in Recording Industry from MTSU.
- National and International touring with various music groups.
performed with blues legend Cool John Ferguson
(nom. Most Outstanding Guitarist, Living Blues Mag),
Tim Smith & Dynamite Family Band (of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Countdown Quartet, Hobex), and
Music Maker Relief Foundation- roots and blues artists (musicmaker.org), and many more.
- backed up roots, blues, and rock legends on stage and in the studio including Taj Mahal, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cool John Ferguson, John Dee Holeman, and more.
- work with own group touring the Mid-Atlantic US.
- various producing, recording, and mastering credits.
- Zavuya Music LLC which deals with booking, management, publishing and promotions issues for a select group of artists.

Sol Roots’s Specialties:

recording engineering, music production, music performance (guitar, vocals, bass, piano, drums), booking and management.

Sol Roots’s Experience

Band Leader

Sol

(Music industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

taken from www.Sol-Roots.com website:

Sol leads a collaboration of musicians from the southeast and mid-atlantic US. Sol and his band are no strangers to the road.

Sol has covered much of the surface of the earth on tour, lighting up venues across North America, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean.

Sol has shared the stage with music heavyweights such as Taj Mahal, BB King, Cootie Starks, Cool John Ferguson, John Dee Holeman, Robert Randolph, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Derek Trucks and others.

Paying homage to the greats, Sol and his band seek to bring Roots Music to a new generation of listeners.
Owner

Zavuya Music

(Music industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

Zavuya Music LLC and 9th Floor Music deals with booking, promotions, publishing efforts and management, for a select group of artists.
Independent Contractor and Featured Artist

Music Maker Relief Foundation

(Entertainment industry)

January 1994 — Present (15 years 7 months)

Music Maker Relief Foundation is a non-profit orginization that helps give back to the true pioneers of blues, folk, and roots music of the US. I have worked as engineer, second engineer, mastering, session musician, tour support, featured artist, and other various music business roles. more info at www.musicmaker.org