ROGER STOLLE
Cat Head music promotion and project services

CONTACT INFORMATION :
Roger Stolle
252 Delta Avenue
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
PHONE: 662-624-5992
EMAIL: roger@cathead.biz
WEB SITE: www.cathead.biz
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668255573
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2445898/

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR NEXT PROJECT:
Roger Stolle is available to make your next blues, music, marketing or tourism project successful — from press releases to print ads, from album liner notes to record/film production. The award-winning owner of the world-famous Cat Head store in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is available to assist in the areas of:
• public relations (PR)
• marketing/advertising
• project consultation
• music/film production
• blues/music retail
• artist bookings
• journalism (print/broadcast)
• and more

MUSIC INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS:
• Keeping The Blues Alive Award recipient (Blues Foundation)
• Blues Music Award recipient (Blues Foundation)
• Founder/owner Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.
• Founder/owner Cat Head Presents recording label
• Co-owner Three Forks Music, LLC
• Co-founder Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale, MS
• Co-founder Clarksdale Film Festival, Clarksdale, MS
• Board member Clarksdale Downtown Development Assoc.
• Board member GrowDelta Advisory Board
• Partner in Three Forks Music, LLC.
• Member Blues Foundation

PROFESSIONAL BLUES/TOURISM EXPERIENCE:
• Blues retail experience includes Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art (founder/owner) — "1 of 17 coolest record store in America" (Paste magazine); included in "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" (Workman Press). Also, Cat Head Presents recording/film label and all private brand merchandising and development for Cat Head store brand (eg. T-shirts, fleece shirts, caps, beverage glasses, coasters, guitar picks, posters, etc.). Merchandise coordinator for Juke Joint Festival and Clarksdale Film Festival.
• Marketing/PR/advertising clients (blues/music/event/tourism/hospitality) have included Ground Zero Blues Club, Mississippi Blues Commission/Mississippi Blues Trail, Soul Survivors Festival, Rootsway Festival, Juke Joint Festival, Delta Cotton Company Apartments, The Loft at Hopson Commissary, The Clark House Residential Inn, Miss Del's General Store, NorthernBlues Music, Matt The Scat Records, Roots & Blues Foundation, Pharr Brothers Advertising, Clarksdale Downtown Development Association, Mudpuppy Recordings, Middleton Realty of Clarksdale, Jon Gindick's Harmonica Jam Camp, Wing Dang Doodle Festival, hit songwriter Odie Blackmon, Mississippi-Lousiana Tourism Summit, etc.
• CD/DVD liner note writing credits include blues releases by Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Terry "Big T" Williams, James "T-Model" Ford, Big George Brock, James "Super Chikan" Johnson, "M for Mississippi" project, etc.
• Music/video production credits include We Juke Up In Here DVD/CD, M for Mississippi DVD/CD, Hard Times DVD, Live at Seventy Five CD, Round Two CD, Club Caravan CD, jack daniel time CD, etc. Production Assistant for various Broke & Hungry Records projects. Artist Liaison for Blues Divas concert film. Co-founder/producer of annual Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale Film Festival and Cat Head Mini Blues Fest.
• Artist bookings include international tours/festivals to Italy, Switzerland, the UK, France and Norway with performers like Big George Brock, James "T-Model" Ford, LC Ulmer, Robert Belfour, Robert "Bilbo" Walker, Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, etc. Also, official music coordinator for Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale Film Festival and Cat Head Mini Blues Fest. Past experience includes Ground Zero Blues Club, Sunflower River Blues Festival, Roots & Blues Festival (Italy), etc.
• Journalism credits include regular "Down in the Delta" column with Blues Revue magazine as well as contributions to Delta Magazine, King Biscuit Time, Blues Festival Guide, Blues & Rhythm, Oxford American, No Depression, Clarksdale Press Register, etc. Also, the book, Hidden History of Mississippi Blues (The History Press).
• Radio experience includes host of "Cat Head Delta Blues Show" on WROX Clarksdale (1450AM/105.7FM/wroxradio.com). Weekly "Delta Correspondent" call-in on XM Radio's Bluesville show with Bill Wax (most Thursdays 4pm Central). Past experience also includes "Down in the Alley" radio show on 88.1FM KDHX St. Louis and as repeat guest on KFFA Helena's legendary King Biscuit Time.
• Graphic design projects include Juke Joint Festival logo, Clarksdale Film Festival logo, Mosquitoville logo, dozens of festival/club flyers/posters, dozens of website banners, CD/DVD packaging, print ads (Clarksdale Press Register, Delta Magazine, Living Blues, Blues Revue, Oxford American, etc.), private brand merchandise (T-shirts, glasses, etc.) and much more. Former director of international packaging & labeling design department; former manager of national print advertising/graphics division.
• Project consultant on dozens of recording, film, TV, radio, concert, tour and other music-related projects for nearly a decade. Blues-In-School presenter (Lima City Schools, Lima, OH), Blues History Presenter (Teach For America orientation at Delta State University, Cleveland, MS.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT RESUME:

Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
Position: Owner/founder
Time Period: June 2002 - Present
Location: Clarksdale, MS
Description: Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art has been called "one of the 17 coolest record stores in Americal" (Paste Magazine), one of the "1000 Places to See Before You Die" (Workman Publishing) and received the Blues Foundation's coveted "Keeping the Blues Alive Award" (Retail). Established in 2002, Cat Head is a blues CD, DVD, book, magazine, T-shirt and art store located in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Its mission is to "promote from within," aiming to spread the gospel of the Delta blues to a mainstream world. In addition to store operations/marketing, Stolle writes for Blues Revue magazine, deejays for WROX Radio, is an XM Radio correspondent, books Ground Zero Blues Club, co-organizes Juke Joint Festival, produces CDs/DVDs, and is a consultant to blues and marketing industries. His CD productions have led to 5 Blues Music Award nominations for Big George Brock. Films include "Hard Times" and the co-production, "M for Mississippi" -- a Blues Music Award and Living Blues Award winner. Stolle is available for project consultancy and production.

May Company
Position: Director - Marketing
Time Period: July 1998 - May 2002
Location: St. Louis, MO
Description: Led talented team of 15 managers, graphic designers, production artists and production coordinators. Maintained existing private brands for over a dozen department store chains; created new brands; managed creative process (packaging, labeling, product development, marketing, production); responsible for personnel development (hiring/firing/review process). Approved packaging/labeling/product during overseas trips (Europe/Asia). Reported to company president/CEO.

Venture Stores
Position: Creative Manager
Time Period: February 1995 - June 1998
Location: St. Louis, MO
Description: Led talented team of copywriters, proofreaders, graphic designers and production artists. Managed direct-to-consumer print advertising process; facilitated radio/TV campaigns; coordinated corporate relaunch of company brand; assisted with in-storee signage/branding. Reported to VP of Marketing.

Elder-Beerman
Position: Senior Copywriter
Time Period: June 1989 - January 1995
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Led ad campaigns for new store openings. Teamed with copywriters, graphic artists, photographers and store buyers to create and execute all aspects of consumer advertising/marketing -- including direct mail, newspaper, magazine, in-store and packaging. Wrote creative advertising copy that drove store sales. Mentored new hires. Reported to VP of Advertising.

Academic Experience
University of Cincinnati (1989 BA degree)
Vandalia-Butler High School (1985 graduate)