About Jorge Rodriguez

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As a Singer/Songwriter, Jorge Rodriguez is compelled to leave the audience thinking about the lyrics and the message. Growing up one of eleven kids, Jorge found comfort in the gutiar and singing in his earlier years. Playing and singing around San Antonio in the late 70's created some great memories. Having stepped away from his music for some twenty years, Jorge found himself drawn back through his involvement with his church.

After some three years of play for various church activities and Sunday Mass, he decided it was time to try his hand once again at the music which called to him. After hanging out in Luckenbach, Texas for several months, Jorge was told he needed to go visit Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas. It was there that he came to meet Kent Finlay longtime Singer/Songwriter. It was when Kent gave Jorge his business card that Jorge knew he had to put his music down. You see, Kent's simple white card read, "Kent Finlay, Dreamer".

Jorge's songs speak of fify years of life experience in a manner which ties in multiple musical genres. His music embodies tales of hope, love and tragedy in multiple styles. From Progressive Country to Americana to Soft Rock, Jorge relies on music styles from generations past and present. Which musical influences from such wordsmiths as, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and John Prine, to the driving rhythm of bands such as The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Jorge mixes it all with his Texas roots and upbringing.

His CD "The Book" is a compilation of Progressive Country, Americana, and Soft Rock. The music features such Progressive Country tunes as, "Tequila Tacos & Beer", "Sad Regrets" and "Another Saturday Night". mixed in with such Americana works as "Back in Time" (a hope for American today) and "Denials not a River in Egypt" (telling it like it is). The factual ballad "Puerto Rican Johnny, the Ballad of Juan Melendez" talks about one man's exoneration from Death Row after serving 18 years for a false conviction, asking the strong question, "Just how many innocent men did go, Down Death Row?". "Coat of Arms" and "Every Little Problem" call back to the softer side of rock while delivered pointed messages. The title track, "The Book", draws a parallel between one man's life and the book with which one special woman cannot part.

Having recorded the project at the Cheatham Street Studio, Jorge was both fortunate and proud to have a host of great musicians working with him. John Michael Whitby, of the Ace in the Hole Band, previously with Asleep at the Wheel, is on keys, while T-Roy Miller who has performed with such artists as; Slaid Cleave, Max Stallings and Brian Burns, plays lead guitar and dobro.

Sterling Finlay of Dr. G and the MudCats and Todd Snider is on a Bass, while Kyle Schneider who has worked with the likes of Ian Moore, Charlie Sexton, and Will Sexton handles the drums. The hard driving Harmonica lines so pronounced on several tracks are those of Rick Boss while the harmony vocals are Beverly Hensley. Behind the scenes at all times during recording and production of the album was the legendary Kent Finlay.