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Bio series to feature Zapp and Roger
The 1980s Dayton soul/’funk band Zapp and Roger will be featured at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 in the biographical series “Unsung” on the cable/satellite television network TV One (TMC channel 217).
The series about musicians, singers and groups that fell just short of greatness due to circumstance recently featured Cincinnati’s Bootsy Collins.
Roger Troutman, the leader and singer of Zapp, died in 1999 when he was shot in Dayton by his brother and fellow band member, Larry Troutman, who then turned the gun on himself.
Narrated by Gary Anthony Williams, the hour-long program includes interviews with family members Loretta Troutman, Lester Troutman and Terry Troutman and footage shot in Dayton.
Credited as inspiration for West Coast hip hop and G funk, Zapp was known for popularizing the “talk box” and for hits including “More Bounce to the Ounce,” “Dance Floor,” “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “So Ruff So Tuff” and “Computer Love.”
The Troutmans operated a recording studio in West Dayton for many years and financed the construction of homes for low-income residents in the city.
For more information about “Unsung,” go to www.tvoneonline.com.
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By DPI Supporter
November 17, 2009 5:51 PM | Link to this
All other articles offer comments, but when you write up a one-sided, uninformed story on the Dayton Playhouse’s controversial play Corpus Christi, you conveniently remove the ability to comment. The Dayton Playhouse had the gravitas to bring Dayton this show, even after people began to picket it over its opening weekend, but your paper refuses to let people speak freely on the matter! I’ll be looking forward to your review of the show, which is evident that you don’t plan to be writing, let alone seeing this emotional, moving show for yourself. Have you no shame…
By z
November 17, 2009 7:51 PM | Link to this
DPI Supporter, get out of here with your off topic whining. RIP brother Roger, your music is alive and we miss you.