His gentle voice could not be in greater contrast to his music: Roosevelt Collier, known among other things from Bokanté, a joint project with Snarky Puppy co-founder Michael League, is regarded as a rising star in the steel guitar firmament. "The Dr." grew up with the "Sacred Steel" tradition of the House of God Church in Perrine, Florida, where he acquired his skills from his uncle and his cousins, the Lee Boys, who accompanied gospel and spirituals with their steel guitars in church. The result is Collier's characteristic mix of blues, gospel and rock and - as he himself says - "dirty funk swampy grime".
