HOYTUS ROLEN


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HOYTUS ROLEN
	ABOUT HOYTUS ROLEN Here is a brief resume of his musical career over the last 35 years: ---- Hoytus was under contract with ROYAL ASHBURY STUDIOS as a studio musician and songwriter from March 1969 to September 1974. He worked with MERL SAUNDERS, MIKE MATHIS, RONNIE BECK, DONNIE BECK and HERBIE RICH as their bass player. At the same time, Hoytus began teaching music at various juvenile and halfway houses for the M.G. Organization. ---- After Royal Ashbury Studios, Hoytus was signed with a subsidiary of Fantasy records includng a project with ROGER COLLINS and MERL SAUNDERS.
His next musical project was for I.N.S. RECORDS. Hoytus was involved with most of the arrangements and was a vocalist, played guitar, and played keyboard on many of the record company’s singles until early 1975. ---- When Hoytus moved to Sonoma County, California, in 1977, he worked with WILLIAM HERLY jazz trio, JEROME ARNOLD, GENE WILLIAMS and others. In 1978 he formed the band, FREE FALL. In 1979 his next band was GYPSY. While with Gypsy, he also worked with percussionist, PAUL STUBBLEBINE, on JAMES BLUEWOLF'S project called Strike the Drum with ROGER TROY, MIKE BRANDENBURG and others. Also at this time, Hoytus worked with MICKEY HART, of the Grateful Dead, on some of his own original material in a band called ALEGRIA. ---- after Gypsy disbanded, ALEGRIA II was formed, and worked with Mickey Hart on an album project. Next, Hoytus worked with the MAROON SOCIETY in Sonoma County. During this time, Hoytus was contacted by FLORA PURIM and AIRTO MOREIRA after they heard some of Hoytus' original material. They asked Hoytus to collaborate with them on material for their album, Humble People. ---- After moving back to his hometown of Kansas City for a few years, performing in duets and trios, Hoytus returned to California in the early 1990's., working with N.B. TWEEN and then the FILLMORE BLUES BAND. ---- His next project (1994) was his quintet, H.R.Q. which gathered momentum for three-plus years. After the "Q," Hoytus worked with ANANTA SKY in 2007 and continued to perform singles, duets and trios. At the present, Hoytus feels grateful to be working with a new quintet, playing material from his recently released CD, *High Fly. ---- Here is a short list of the professional musicians that Hoytus has been fortunate enough to play with over the last 35 years. Many of them have laid tracks on his CD titled High Fly*: ---- MICKEY HART (Grateful Dead) ---- WILLIAM HERLY (The Tonight Show) ---- MERL SAUNDERS ---- PAUL STUBBLEBINE ---- MIKE MATHIS ---- MICHAEL BRANDENBURG ---- RONNIE BECK (Tower of Power) ---- GENE WILLIAMS (Bop City West Coast) ---- DONNIE BECK (Buddy Miles) ---- LINDA TILLERY (Cultural Heritage Choir) ---- HERBIE RICH (Electric Flag) ---- JULIAN LAGE ---- FLORA PURIM and AIRTO MOREIRA (Home Studio) ---- JEROME ARNOLD (Paul Butterfield) ---- RODGER TROY (Elvin Bishop) ---- ROBERT WATSON (James Brown) ----
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His next musical project was for I.N.S. RECORDS. Hoytus was involved with most of the arrangements and was a vocalist, played guitar, and played keyboard on many of the record company’s singles until early 1975. ---- When Hoytus moved to Sonoma County, California, in 1977, he worked with WILLIAM HERLY jazz trio, JEROME ARNOLD, GENE WILLIAMS and others. In 1978 he formed the band, FREE FALL. In 1979 his next band was GYPSY. While with Gypsy, he also worked with percussionist, PAUL STUBBLEBINE, on JAMES BLUEWOLF'S project called Strike the Drum with ROGER TROY, MIKE BRANDENBURG and others. Also at this time, Hoytus worked with MICKEY HART, of the Grateful Dead, on some of his own original material in a band called ALEGRIA. ---- after Gypsy disbanded, ALEGRIA II was formed, and worked with Mickey Hart on an album project. Next, Hoytus worked with the MAROON SOCIETY in Sonoma County. During this time, Hoytus was contacted by FLORA PURIM and AIRTO MOREIRA after they heard some of Hoytus' original material. They asked Hoytus to collaborate with them on material for their album, Humble People.

---- After moving back to his hometown of Kansas City for a few years, performing in duets and trios, Hoytus returned to California in the early 1990's., working with N.B. TWEEN and then the FILLMORE BLUES BAND. ---- His next project (1994) was his quintet, H.R.Q. which gathered momentum for three-plus years. After the "Q," Hoytus worked with ANANTA SKY in 2007 and continued to perform singles, duets and trios. At the present, Hoytus feels grateful to be working with a new quintet, playing material from his recently released CD, High Fly.

---- Here is a short list of the professional musicians that Hoytus has been fortunate enough to play with over the last 35 years. Many of them have laid tracks on his CD titled High Fly: ---- MICKEY HART (Grateful Dead) ---- WILLIAM HERLY (The Tonight Show) ---- MERL SAUNDERS ---- PAUL STUBBLEBINE ---- MIKE MATHIS ---- MICHAEL BRANDENBURG ---- RONNIE BECK (Tower of Power) ---- GENE WILLIAMS (Bop City West Coast) ---- DONNIE BECK (Buddy Miles) ---- LINDA TILLERY (Cultural Heritage Choir) ---- HERBIE RICH (Electric Flag) ---- JULIAN LAGE ---- FLORA PURIM and AIRTO MOREIRA (Home Studio) ---- JEROME ARNOLD (Paul Butterfield) ---- RODGER TROY (Elvin Bishop) ---- ROBERT WATSON (James Brown) ----

ABOUT HOYTUS ROLEN