{"id":1332,"date":"2021-12-13T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=1332"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T20:28:57","slug":"roland-guerin","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/artist\/roland-guerin\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Guerin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With a new band and a new project entitled&nbsp;<em>Grass Roots<\/em>, New Orleans based singer-songwriter-bassist Roland Guerin is starting a new musical chapter. Drawing from a wide spectrum of genres, including American folk, blues, zydeco, rock and jazz, Guerin creates a singular style at the heart of which are stories told through multi-layered melodies, rhythms and expressive lyrics in the range of Steely Dan, John Mayer, Sting, and Peter Gabriel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raised in amusical family \u2013 his father was a great lover of jazz and classical music, his mother, a blues and zydeco bass player \u2013 Guerin began playing bass at the age of 11. Throughout his formative years, Guerin was strongly influenced by pop, rock, and R&amp;B music of the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s. Bands and artists such as Lakeside, Dazz Band, Rush, the Brothers Johnson, Gerry Rafferty, America, and Booker T &amp; The MG\u2019s seeded his love for great songs and inspired him to write music of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to performing with his own band at major venues and festivals worldwide, such as the Blue Note in Tokyo and the New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Guerin has performed and toured alongside numerous legendary musicians, including Alvin Batiste, John Scofield, Allen Toussaintm and Dr. John.<br><br>In August 2016, Guerin released a single entitled&nbsp;<em>Black Coffee<\/em>, featuring one of ten songs off of his new album,&nbsp;<em>Grass Roots<\/em>, which is scheduled to be released in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about singer-songwriter-bassist Roland Guerin and the strings he uses for his sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1333,"template":"","artist-category":[661],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/1332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitstrings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist-category?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}