POI Rogers, Friday April 10
- Poi Rogers’ award winning take on American roots music combines western swing, Hawaiian steel guitar and vivid storytelling.
- “Bassist Carolyn Sills and her guitarist husband, Gerard Egan - Santa Cruz’s Les Paul and Mary Ford - crank out good stories, catchy love songs and creative chord progressions that will take listeners back to vibes of the post-World-War-II era. Carolyn is the real deal of throwback country music.” - Good Times Magazine
- Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, Poi Rogers performs original and vintage American roots music, with Gerard Egan doubling on acoustic guitar and steel guitar and Carolyn Sills on standup bass.
- What began as a fun way for the couple to explore the vintage musical styles they love turned into an in-demand touring act, with the second Poi Rogers album due out in 2026
- They won the 2018 and 2024 Ameripolitan Award for Western Swing Group (as The Carolyn Sills Combo) and Carolyn was named the Academy of Western Artists' Western Swing Female Vocalist of 2020. They performed at the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival and are both Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame inductees. They’ve been known to occasionally perform other musicians’ material, from ZZ Top to Patsy Cline to Django Reinhardt.
- What began as a fun way for the couple to explore the vintage musical styles they love turned into an in-demand touring act, with the second Poi Rogers album due out this year.