Blues Rock Workshop
Rockland Country Day School is proud to present Billy Roues’ Blues Rock Workshop! Students will learn to play as a band, solo behind a singer and accompany each other in a jam.
- Eligibility: Students ages 10 to 17 with at least one year of study in guitar, bass, drums, keyboards or vocals are encouraged to register. Pre-established bands are welcome.
- Tuition: $350 Early Registration by May 31st: $300
- When: June 14-18, June 21-25, July 12-16, July 19-23, August 16-20, August 23-27
- Register Now! Coming soon – online registration
Note: A minimum of 10 students is required to run this program.
Your Instructor Billy Roues
A published songwriter and seasoned performer, Billy Roues has had the great fortune to have played, written and recorded with many of his musical heroes. Some of the highlights of his career include jamming with B. B. King at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in July 2002, working in the studio with Johnny Johnson (Chuck Berry’s late piano player and bandleader), writing and recording with the Hall of Fame soul songwriter, Dan Penn, and his keyboard genius partner, Spooner Oldham, and sharing the stage and/or bill with Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Son Seals, Luther Allison, Lenny Kaye, Howlin’ Wolf, Lonnie Mack, Vassar Clemens, Pinetop Perkins, David Bromberg, Wayne Kramer and The Sun Rhythm Section, to name a few.
His current bands include the reunited neo rockabilly band Finn & the Sharks, of which he was a founding member, the Rockin’ Cajun-Zydeco hybrid, UpSouth Twisters (formerly Lucky 7), and alt country band, Big Jim Wheeler & Wheels of Fire. His label, UpSouth Recordings, features CDs by four bands that Billy writes, produces and plays with. Many of their songs have been featured in films, videos and television productions seen worldwide. Billy has been teaching guitar, bass and songwriting privately for decades and is currently in his 4th year as Songwriting/Guitar Instructor at RCDS.
Registration
Download the registration form. Pay camp fee by check payable to Rockland Country Day School (attention: Lorraine Greenwell) or online by credit card using PayPal. Please note that you do not need a PayPal account in order to use PayPal.
Note: The registration form is interactive and can be completed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don’t have the Adobe Reader, you can download it for free at the Adobe website. Mac users – the interactive form does not work with your Preview software. You must download Adobe Reader for the Mac to utilize the interactive functionality. Please note if there are issues due to your current computer setup and you’re having trouble completing the interactive form, just download it as you would normally and mail it to Rockland Country Day School, attention: Lorraine Greenwell.
