★★★★★
Roger Creager's fourth studio album drives hard into Texas country, his deep, scratchy vocals burning into a mix of honky-tonkers and ballads. "I'm From the Beer Joint" delivers the typical bar-burning party, while "I'm Missing You" wakes to the morning after. The Houstonian shows some growing versatility, but Here It Is largely just waves the same big guitar that country kickers have seen before.
- www.austinchronicle.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
In 2002, almost any cowpoke with a guitar, a little ambition, and a small amount of cash can put their music on a CD. The real trick, though, is getting the attention of a label that can take one's career to the next level. Roger Creager has done just that. A singer/songwriter with traditional roots, he's been playing his brand of country music since he left an accounting career behind in 1997. I Got the Guns is Creager's sophomore effort, self-released in 2000 and reissued by Dualtone in 2002...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Roger Creager released his debut in 1998 with all the fanfare one might expect from a little-known performer without a label to promote his career. The quality of the music, however, guaranteed that someone would pick it up sooner or later and spread the good news. In 2002 Dualtone reissued Having Fun All Wrong along with Creager's 2000 release, I Got the Guns. Both albums find a fully mature artist confidently plying his trade...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28