Roger Allen Clark

Roger Clark was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1950. He began his MusicAL career at the young age of 14. Local musicians in his hometown area recognized Roger's NATURAL talent on drums and before long he was on his way to a career most only imagine. His career led him to California, Las Vegas and evenutually Europe. He eventually became one of the founding members of a legendary group of studio musicians in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, playing studio sessions at FAME Studios, Widget, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and Wishbone. Still quite ACTIVE in the studio and live concerts, Roger lives in Muscle Shoals, Alabama today with his wife, Sherry Medford-Clark. PERSONAL: Date of Birth: July 26, 1950

Experience: Performing percussionist for the past 42 years

                   Two years with The Steve Miller Band
                   Extensive travel in the U.S., Europe and Canada

Accompanied and appeared with:

• DOOBIE BROTHERS
• CHUCK BERRY
• EDWARD BEAR
• TOWER OF POWER
• URIAH HEEP
• JOURNEY
• STEELY DAN
• ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
• EDDIE MONEY
• J. GEILS BAND
• RUSSELL SMITH (AMAZING RHYTHM ACES)

Appeared in concert with:

• HANK WILLIAMS, JR.
• TOM T. HALL
• TAMMY WYNETTE

Television/Movie Productions: APPEARED ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIM STAFFORD AND RECORDED THE SOUDTRACK FOR THE ANIMATED MOVIE “POGO”. PLAYED ON THE TIMES OF YOUR LIFE COMMERCIAL WITH PAUL ANKA, APPEARED ON HOWARD COSELL’S TV SHOW “SATURDAY NIGHT’ WITH ANDY WILLIAMS.

Awards and Distinctions: PLAYED ON OVER 30 GOLD AND PLATINUM SINGLES AND ALBUMS. RECEIVED SEVERAL SUPER PICKER AWARDS AND HAS HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MUSCLE SHOALS MUSIC ASSOCIATION FOR THREE YEARS. ROGER ALLEN CLARK IS A MEMBER OF THE ALABAMA MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND IS IN THE PAUL “BEAR” BRYANT MUSEUM.

Recorded with the following acts: STUDIO MUSICIAN IN MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA…NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE…LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA…SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA…NEW YORK, NEW YORK…ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI…AND LONDON, ENGLAND.

• AMERICA
• THE KENDALLS
• BILL ANDERSON
• LeBLANC AND CARR
• PAUL ANKA
• LITTLE ANTHONY
• ALABAMA
• TEDDY GENTRY
• R.C. BANNON
• BOBBY BARE
• DEBBIE BOONE
• ROBERT BYRNE
• RUTH BUZZI
• PETE CARR
• CLARENCE CARTER
• SHIRLEY CAESER
• ROY CLARK
• ODIA COATES
• THE CORNELIUS BROTHERS AND SISTER ROSE
• RANDY CRAWFORD
• STEVE CROPPER
• DAVE AND SUGAR
• JOHN DAVIDSON
• GAIL DAVIES
• EXILE
• DONNA FARGO
• NARVELL FELTS (INCLUDING THE FIRST #1 COUNTRY SINGLE TO COME OUT OF MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA…”RECONSIDER ME”
• STEVE FORBERT
• JANIE FRICKE
• BOBBY GENTRY
• TOM PAUL & THE GLASIER BROTHERS
• AMY GRANT
• DOBIE GRAY
• MARK GRAY
• BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
• THE HAGER BROS.
• Z.Z. HILL
• THELMA HOUSTON
• HOT
• THE IMPERIALS
• LATOYA JACKSON
• MICHAEL JOHNSON
• TOM JONES
• JOHN KAYE
• SALLY KELLERMAN
• LENNY LEBLANC
• THE LITTLE RIVER BAND
• LOBO
• BARBARA MANDRELL
• MAC MCANALLY
• RONNIE McDOWELL
• THE STEVE MILLER BAND
• RONNIE MILSAP
• DOROTHY MOORE
• THE MUSCLE SHOALS HORNS
• WAYNE NEWTON
• PETER NOON (HERMAN’S HERMITS)
• BILLY OCEAN
• ROY ORBISON
• THE OSMOND BROS.
• MARIE OSMOND
• WILSON PICKETT
• DOTTIE RAMBO
• EDDIE RAVEN
• DIANA ROSS
• BOB SEGAR
• NANCY SINATRA
• T.G. SHEPPARD
• PERCY SLEDGE
• JIM STAFFORD
• CANDI STATON
• B.W. STEVENSON
• THE TEMPTATIONS
• MEL TILLIS
• B.J. THOMAS
• RUFUS THOMAS
• WAYNE CARSON THOMPSON
• CONWAY TWITTY
• LESLIE UGGAMS
• ANDY WILLIAMS
• HANK WILLIAMS, JR.
• TONY JOE WHITE
• DENNIS YOST