Roger Hoover Musical artist

Roger Hoover (born December 7, 1978) is a singer/songwriter and guitarist from Akron, Ohio. He has been backed by the Whiskeyhounds, the Magpies and the Hurt.His first collection of songs Golden Gloves was released in 2001 on Hayfever Records.Panic Blues was picked up in 2003 by Columbus, Ohio based Bandaloop Records. Upon release from Bandaloop Records in 2005 drummer Dave McKean (GC5) and bassist Doug McKean (GC5) were added and began recording a follow up to Panic Blues. Doug McKean was replaced by Chris Yohn in January 2006.Jukebox Manifesto (self-released) was released in 2006. Engineered and produced by Ryan Foltz (Dropkick Murphys) Jukebox Manifesto captures Roger Hoover with his live band, the Whiskeyhounds, in usual raucous form. Featuring lap steel (Freddy Hill), accordion/keyboards (Justin Gorski), and violin (Chris Yohn), Jukebox Manifesto received rave reviews often comparing Hoover to Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen, Harvest-era Neil Young and Tom Waits."Roger Hoover" then released Eastern Standard Time in 2009, Strangers, a collection of earlier recorded material, in 2010 and Live at the White Water Tavern (2011) backed by the Magpies.Now backed by a band known as 'The Hurt' (Kevin Walters- Bass, BJ Barbieri - Drums, Daniel Holmes - Guitar), Hoover released "Lay My Rituals Down," the much anticipated follow-up to Eastern Standard Time in 2012.