After Over 20 Years, Randy Rogers Wants To Make Things Like They Used To Be.
He spent a week in Key West where he and his eponymous band performed during the annual Mile 0 Fest. Not too long before that, they'd played some headlining shows in Colorado during MusicFest, yet another annual shindig.So far, 2022 has been a busy year for Rogers, but his work is only beginning on this day. His voice is still a tad groggy. At 10 a.m.
Word of Tom Brady’s impending retirement was dominating the news cycle on the morning we spoke. Rogers carefully, pointedly avoided comparing himself to the seven-time Super Bowl champ, but Brady’s longevity is something Rogers thinks about more these days. Brady was drafted into the NFL in 2000, the same year Rogers formed his band in San Marcos, where he studied public relations at Southwest Texas State University .
Looking to capture the joy from the first few years of his band’s existence is a part of the reason Rogers has been again working with the revered singer, songwriter and producer Radney Foster.
Rogers has continued his popular duo, Hold My Beer and Watch This, a project with close pal Wade Bowen, while Richardson has recorded albums and played shows with his own band, Johnny Chops and the Razors. Even Hill has his own solo project with which to keep busy when the time calls for it. For his part, Rogers sees the side projects have not only helped the band stay alive but have given the group yet another chance to appreciate one another.
“I wouldn’t even know how to run my own project without watching Randy run ours for so many years,” Richardson says. “But I’m also my own person with my own experiences and ideas and dreams. My other project allows me to express and realize those ideas. It also makes me appreciate the amount of work that goes into fronting your own project as opposed to being a support player.