VIDEO PREMIERE: Roxy Roca Crank Up the Riffage on Anthemic Rocker “Yazoo Queen”

Drawing on the rich tradition of the Texas blues with a heavy dose of classic rock and dripping with attitude, ROXY ROCA is a high-octane rock band on a mission to prove rock n’ roll ain’t dead. Four core members make up the band with electrifying front man Taye Cannon on vocals, Athens, Greece’s own guitar-hero Babis ‘BB’ Tyropolous on six-string, Quinn Walls on the low end and backing vocals, and drummer Ryan Greenblatt holding it down on drums. Taking a page from the notebooks of legends like ZZ Top, Rolling Stones, Freddie King, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, ROXY ROCA sets the stage ablaze with well crafted songs and a powerhouse presence that commands an audience. The band originally formed in Austin, TX as a soul/funk outfit, but as the phoenix rises from the ashes anew and more powerful, so does ROXY ROCA emerging from the pandemic with new life and a new sound. Their upcoming album Greasy breaks new ground for the band as they made the conscious decision to ditch green eyed soul for the primal rhythms of rock n’ roll.

Greasy was recorded at Edgewater Studios in Houston in July of 2022. After writing almost 20 potential new songs for the album, the team at Edgewater and the band settled on the nine best and most stylistically cohesive songs to complete their new blues rock-driven record, and the resulting album is nothing short of top notch. While the band is no longer aiming for James Brown, the DNA makeup of ROXY ROCA is steeped in heavy grooves and R&B, and this album serves as a natural bridge between their previous sound and where they’re headed on future albums. Much like their aforementioned music idols, ROXY ROCA’s brand of rock n’ roll has some boogie in it, and that’s just the way they like it.

Accompanying the band on the album, as well as live, is Adam Pryor on keys. Even at the tender age of 23, Adam is a stand-out phenom who has shared the stage with legends such as Buddy Guy. It was Walls who brought Adam into the fold, and he shines throughout the record. As the story goes, without even a single rehearsal with the band, he was able to nail all of his parts on the album in a single two-hour session. And that’s on a true B3 and Fender Rhodes– no keyboard plugins here.

Today Glide is premiering the video for the the standout track “Yazoo Queen,” which features a cinematic approach to convey the story of the elusive queen herself. For this project, the band teamed up with Austin filmmaker Kylie McLaughlin, who previously worked with ROXY ROCA on the video for their track “Mind Blown” in 2019. Lead singer Taye Cannon composed a short script and co-directed the music video, and actors Justin Arnold (The Rancher) and Nia Bankhead (The Yazoo Queen) brought the characters to life. The song captures the band’s move in more of a rock and roll direction that finds them embracing a cranked up, bluesy 70s sound that is brimming with huge riffs and anthemic bravado. Cannon sings his heart out while leading the band in this arena-ready rocker.

“She is an artist to the core,” said Cannon, when asked about the persona of the alluring “Yazoo Queen.” “She lives for in-the-moment high-stakes art. Her latest passion is capturing whomever she wishes to paint just for the rush of it all. She holds them captive until the painting is done and leaves them unharmed and with free art. She is a powerful, stylish, focused, thrill-seeker to the highest degree.”

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