Roger Filgate is an America

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n guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, most noted for his work with Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records included Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub , and New England...

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Musical career

Prior to playing with Wishbone Ash, Filgate played on various gig circuits across the United States before meeting Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Andy Powell is an English guitarist and songwriter, and best known as a founding member of Wishbone Ash.-Early life and career:...

 in a music store in Connecticut

Connecticut

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. This 1993 meeting led to Filgate joining the band full-time for their 1995 studio album Illuminations

Illuminations (Wishbone Ash album)

Illuminations is the seventeenth studio album from rock band Wishbone Ash recorded during 1995. It features a brand new version of the band with founding member Andy Powell along with new members Tony Kishman, Roger Filgate, and Mike Sturgis...

 and subsequent tours resulting in the Live in Geneva album, and compilation albums The Best of Wishbone Ash, and Distillation.

Filgate left Wishbone Ash in 1997, and pursued a career in a Beatles tribute band Twist and Shout, along with ex-Wishbone Ash bassist Tony Kishman

Tony Kishman

Tony Kishman is an American bassist, most noted for his work with Wishbone Ash and in the musical Beatlemania.-Early career:Kishman began his musical career playing in cover bands in the Tucson, Arizona area. While playing lead guitar in a band in South California, his booking agent – Fred...

, until leaving in 2000.

The new millennium ushered in Filgate’s various original bands, with live performances and album releases from Cinema, Universal Language (2000), Blast Room, Rock is Dead (2005), and a special guest appearance on legendary singer Chubby Checker's single Knock Down The Walls (2007), featuring a notable guitar solo by Filgate.

In 2008, Filgate became established as a solo

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 artist with his highly acclaimed instrumental

Instrumental

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 album Worlds Within. Several songs have appeared as soundtrack

Soundtrack

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music for major networks including A&E’s ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels’ and Disney/Pixar’s ‘World of Cars’ resulting in sales, radio and web play in more than twenty countries worldwide. Additional solo releases from Filgate include Letting Go (2010), and The Epic Singles (2011).