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Instruments
  
Guitar

Role
  
Songwriter

Name
  
Roger Rocha

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Music group
  
4 Non Blondes (1992 – 1994)

Albums
  
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!, Roger Rocha Has... "the Blues!"

Similar
  
Dawn Richardson, Shaunna Hall, Linda Perry

Profiles

Roger Rocha - Red House


Roger Rocha is an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist from San Francisco, California of Mexican American and Scottish-Irish origin.

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He is perhaps best known as guitarist for the group 4 Non Blondes. He is the grandson of abstract expressionist artist, Clyfford Still.

Rocha now sings and plays guitar with the psychedelic indie rock group The Goldenhearts. On his recordings, Rocha plays piano, harmonica, bass, and drums.

In the mid 1990s Rocha played guitar with San Francisco bands El Destroyo featuring Brian Ritchie of Violent Femmes, and the Mockingbirds featuring Les James (drums), Paul Babiak (bass) and Mark Fuqua (vocals).

Discography

Albums

  • Venetian Dragon -The Goldenhearts - 10 song album (2011) Signshop Records
  • Is There Love On Mars? -The Goldenhearts - 11 song album (2010) Signshop Records
  • Roger Rocha has...the BLUES! (2007)
  • Roger Rocha & the Goldenhearts - 6 song EP (2007)
  • As a member/contributor

  • Bigger, Better, Faster, More! - 4 Non Blondes (1992) Interscope
  • Wayne's World 2 (soundtrack) - 4 Non Blondes (1993) Warner Bros / Wea
  • The Latest Drag - El Destroyo (1999) Weed
  • Power Of My Mind - El Destroyo (2002) Weed
  • Songs

    What's Up?
    Morphine & Chocolate
    Pleasant Blue
    Calling All the People
    Mary’s House
    Spaceman
    Dear Mr President
    Superfly
    No Place Like Home
    Old Mr Heffer
    Drifting
    Bless the Beasts and Children
    I'm the One
    Blue - Blue Blues
    Lazy Bones
    Heavy Blues
    Midnight
    Taklin' 'bout My Baby Blues
    Friday Night At The Saloon
    Train
    Fine Woman Blues
    Boogie With John Lee
    Goodnight
    The Blues Is A Woman
    Strange
    Texas!
    Jukebox Freddie
    Electric Church
    She Dont Know
    Front Porch Blues
    In The Beginning
    Amen

    References

    Roger Rocha Wikipedia