id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_a7ef57sw2jbkvkxhdpxfasm24q Scot Brown The Blues/Funk Futurism of Roger Troutman 2013 6 .pdf application/pdf 2060 127 65 Roger Troutman is most known for expanding the range and melodic possibilities of the talk box or voice box—a device that allows an artist to fuse vocal Roger Troutman was in his early twenties when inspired by Stevie Wonder, who frequently used the talk box during live performances in the The area was ripe with independent record labels and disc jockeys at stations like WDAO (Dayton) who frequently aired singles by local bands. The overlapping sound research and social activism of Roger and the Troutman would, nevertheless, keep Roger's brand of funk—and funk music at large— The Blues/Funk Futurism of Roger Troutman 123 The Blues/Funk Futurism of Roger Troutman 123 The Blues/Funk Futurism of Roger Troutman 123 6. Zapp (Roger Troutman), Karen Shearer Papers, Archives of African American Music and 6. Zapp (Roger Troutman), Karen Shearer Papers, Archives of African American Music and 6. Zapp (Roger Troutman), Karen Shearer Papers, Archives of African American Music and ./cache/work_a7ef57sw2jbkvkxhdpxfasm24q.pdf ./txt/work_a7ef57sw2jbkvkxhdpxfasm24q.txt