Composer, Arranger and Producer Roger Lehman hails from Columbus, Ohio, and wears many different musical hats within the industry. As a singer, songwriter, performer and vocalist, Roger is really big on acoustic instruments to "keep it real." He is a multi instrumentalist (Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Percussion), and excels as a recording and mixdown engineer. He is often booked as a soloist, but also performs in a Jazz duet and a Jazz/Blues quartet. Roger composes in several genres, including Folk, Blues, Jazz, Rock, and Spiritual.
I wrote this piece after watching a documentary about gentrification on the near east side in the city of Columbus, Ohio (It was called "Flag Wars"). We brought the Africans from their country to America, and used them for free labor, making us one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
A comedy song about getting older, no longer being "handsome" or "beautiful", having sagging skin, going bald, liver spots, etc. Light and folksy, featuring satisfied acoustic guitar and comedic vocals that create a gentle, happy mood. Male Vocals, Country, Country Ballads
A song about growing up in, and the people of the foothills of Appalachia. I wrote this song with fond memories of how I spent the summers as a youngster in southern Ohio right across the river from West Virginia. Light and folksy, featuring bright acoustic guitar plucking and content male vocals. Male Vocals, Country, Country Ballads
Imagine a canoe journey down the Amazon. Gentle and flowing, featuring a repeated acoustic guitar line with exotic flute, bright psychedelic electric guitar, and soft percussion drifting in and out, creating a dreamy, relaxed mood. Instrumental, New Age, New Age Acoustic
I wrote this piece for my parents who have both passed on now. I envision it as a piece that might have been a "radio hit" in 1952 when I was born. This could have been a radio hit during the late 30's and/or early 40's when my parents were teenagers. A passionate, jazzy piece with piano and violin. Instrumental, Jazz, Dramatic Jazz
Bluesy and soulful, featuring steady piano and free, heartfelt vocals about the importance of being happy in the moment. This is a cabaret track that sounds like a collaboration between Mose Allison and The Dalai Lama at 3:00 AM. Kind of a mixture of Zenn and Jazz, or maybe Zenn influenced Jazz. Male Vocals, Blues, Delta Blues
Light and cheerful with folk acoustic guitar strumming and relaxed vocals. This is a song about the relationship between my brother and I. It is dedicated to anyone with a brother. If you have a brother, you already know that you walk alike, talk alike, and even think alike. Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
A song about growing up in a small town and small town life, a theme explored in many hit records such as John Cougar Mellencamp's Small Town and Bruce Sprongsteen's My Hometown, and Justin Moore's Small Town USA. Country ballad, simple and appealing, the differences between city and country folk. Male Vocals, Country, Country Ballads
Light and cheerful, featuring breezy acoustic guitar strumming that creates a relaxed, upbeat country mood. This is an instrumental piece that is very "Byrd like" in its sound. "Byrd like" as in Roger McGuinn and David Crosby. Think of the 1966 pop charts. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
A bright and cheerful acoustic guitar instrumental topped with somber male vocals. Song about being lonely and cold on a rainy November night. I'm outside, out of town, standing in the rain, it's cold, I'm lonely and wishing to be anywhere else, and more than anything with my loved ones. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
A dream about dancing in a huge cavern with thousands of beautiful dark brown skinned people. The tallest of them was a full 12 inches shorter than I. At the END of the song, the drums stop and the dancers simply evaporate into another realm. These were the Mayans. Instrumental, New Age, Techno-Tribal
Fun and upbeat, featuring rowdy, overlapping piano parts that create a bouncy, energetic ragtime-like groove. I wrote this song to "poke fun at" the theme song from the movie "Deliverance". Instrumental, Blues, Jump
Calm and dreamy, featuring mellow, optimistic male vocals and relaxed acoustic guitar plucking that creates an easy, positive mood. A positive song about the fact that there is enough on planet earth for everyone and no need for fear or fighting if we will only share. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Very pretty and festive finger style acoustic guitar instrumental melody in waltz time, bright, satisfied, and somewhat sentimental. This is about a family gathering on an island in the great lakes reagion of north america, Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Bright piano and flute in an energetic evolving groove. I wrote this about the beginning of life, any and all life, from a seed of corn, an acorn, an embryo, what a beautiful thing to meditate upon. Imagine the first single celled organism and GROW from there. This song is about GROWING and EVOLVING, Instrumental, New Age, Solos (Wind)
Fun and upbeat, featuring energetic acoustic fingerpicking that creates an exciting, rowdy mood. Great "chase scene" music. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Bouncy and energetic, featuring jazzy piano and sax in a fun, swinging groove. Upbeat swing instrumental featuring Soprano Sax and Piano. Instrumental, Jazz, Boogie-woogie
Just saying hello to a good friend one evening. Super male vocals that are fun and a little smokey. Frisky, fast and perfect for bar, club or rural scene. Honky Tonk piano, steel guitars, bass & percussion. Hot time in town tonight. Have a beer and grab your best gal for a little line dancing, Male Vocals, Country, Western Swing
An empowering, upbeat acoustic guitar progression with powerful, if somewhat cynical male vocals that create a bright, cheerful mood. A song about the Catholic Grade School experience in the early sixties. Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Fun and bouncy, featuring an energetic alto sax solo over rowdy stride piano that creates a cool, classic jazz mood. Moderately fast swing Sax and Piano instrumental. Blues based Jazz that really swings! Instrumental, Jazz, Swing Ensembles
Eerie but playful, featuring whimsical, drunken slide guitar, fun marimba, and slightly creepy, yearning male vocals that create a moody, relaxed groove. A guy sitting in a bar fantasizing about if a particular woman was his love instead of being with the guy who mistreats her. Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Happy and sentimental, featuring bright acoustic guitars and heartfelt but upbeat male vocals that create an uplifting mood. A song about needing to be on the move and traveling. In the style of folk ballads such as Arlo Guthrie's The City of New Orleans. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Pop
Fun and upbeat, featuring bouncy acoustic guitar rhythms and joyful male vocals that create a bright bluesy groove. A song about having a completely wonderful day for absolutely no reason at all. Male Vocals, Blues, Country Blues
Spooky instrumental with gritty bass clarinet, synth bass, and jaunty piano that creates at first a creepy mood, then a retro, film-noir jazz mood. Instrumental, Electronic, Electro Jazz
Medium fast spirited finger style acoustic guitar instrumental. Close your eyes and march into heaven while being greeted by the saints along the way. Great instrumental sound track for numerous uses! Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Up tempo solo finger style acoustic guitar with an Appalachian flavor. This song is an instrumental representation of a tour through the most fantastic garden that you have ever "seen" with your ear. Just close your eyes and enjoy the tour! Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Gentle and sensual, featuring laidback acoustic guitar picking and mellow male vocals that create a tender, honest mood. A song about a one night love affair. One night, one time, no tell, and never again, Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Gentle and nostalgic, featuring warm acoustic guitar harmonies and tender male vocals that create a calm, heartfelt mood. A song about an elderly gentleman friend of mine who was a WWII vet and who passed away in the summer of 2006. There aren't many men like this anymore. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
I wrote this piece when my mother died when she was 84 years old. I was a 55 year old "orphaned adult". The death of one's mother is a milestone in the life of every single person. James Cotton summed it up by saying "Of all the women you will ever know, her leaving will break your heart the most". Male Vocals, Dramatic, Sad Music
Mysterious and trippy, featuring free, floating synthesizer hits and driving bluesy piano and percussion. Kind of a weird, funky instrumental. This song instrumentally depicts the state one would be in if they thought that oysters in vodka sounded like something "good to eat". Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
A spirited piece featuring piano and orchestra that passes through both serious and whimsical moods, ideal for a melodramatic underscore. Instrumental, Dramatic, Magical Music
Light and cynical, featuring bright acoustic guitar plucking and funny, satirical male vocals. Comical song written in first person by someone who "takes themself way too seriously"! Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Energetic and rowdy, featuring edgy electric guitar and driving piano and drums that create an aggressive, bouncy groove. Upbeat instrumental, something like you might expect to hear in the soundtrack for the movie "Fight Club". This one is a real "BARN BURNER"! Instrumental, Blues, Modern Electric Blues
The first movement of the song represents the emotional state of a person in need of healing. In the second movement of the song one hears the Healer (The Piano) healing the patient (The Flute). As the Piano teaches, so the Flute mimics. Finally, (third movement), the Flute and Piano dance together. Instrumental, New Age, New Age Acoustic
Mellow and relaxed, featuring gentle, satisfied acoustic guitars and downcast male vocals. About returning to your hometown 12 years after high school graduation and discovering how much everything and all the people have changed. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
A light and confident acoustic guitar instrumental with a dark, depressed male vocal. This is a song about how the the shock and trauma of losing someone very close to you can leave you so grief-stricken that time almost seems to stop and/or even move backwards. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Eerie and ambient, featuring somber, serious strings topped with disturbing, pulsing high screeches that create a horrifying mood. Imagine a conversation (in stereo) between 3 whales, 1000 feet beneath the ocean's surface, one to your left, one to your right, and one in front of you. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
When An Angel Flies Away - In loving memory of my niece Gwen Heimrick who passed away in August of 2006 at the age of 19. Life is beautiful, not fair. Soulful, heartfelt and broken hearted male vocal. Tender, touching and soulful. A melancholy memory of good times with a sweet teenager. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
