Roger Anthony Yolanda Mapes

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Celebrating the God/Goddess with HOUSE OF JOY!

This project is a labor of love that combines YOLANDA and Roger Anthony Mapes into one entity. I've written these songs about the journey of all of us Angels -struggling to be human.
Sometimes I love my pain, sometimes I love LOVE itself, and always I love others who inspire, motivate and even disappoint me. The purpose of my life is to EXPERIENCE it...if its "good" or "bad" its still valuable because it makes me who I am.

I am proud to be an OUT GAY artist on a conscious spiritual path.

The HOUSE OF JOY cd was produced by my friend, guitarist, writer, and producer Robert Urban. Robert won "Best Producer of 2009" from PRIDE In The Arts Awards for his work on HOUSE OF JOY. Robert Urban

I am finished working on my EP with Gerald Menke called "Roger Mapes and Red Hook Junction: Mighty Songs of Joy ". The first single I released "Love Divine" went to 1 on the SongVault Christian music charts for 6 weeks, and is now in permanent rotation on their playlist. go to:

Vote for my music on SongVault.fm

pedal steel / guitar / dobro / mandolin player and producer Gerald Menke...
Gerald's MYSPACE
The Red Hook Junction band was: Roger Anthony Mapes- vocals/songwriter/acoustic guitar, Gerald Menke- electric guitar/ dobro/ mandolin/ bass/ producer/ engineer, Dan Menke- drums, Genevieve Menke- backing vocals.

The movie "Slingbacks and Syrup" has now been released and my music is all over this wonderfully funny film about the "girls of Beaver Pond, and the boys who play them". In Burlington Vermont , there is a little cadre of drag queens who are shaking up the Northeast with their crazy world they call "Beaver Pond" and "the HOT DAMN TRAILER PARK". I love these guys/gals and their wacky sense of humor. Go to:
The House of LeMay
...Purchase the soundtrack "Welcome To YolandaWorld" here on this page at the SoundStation widget.

My Bio .................
Roger Anthony (Tony) Mapes; singer songwriter, painter, and performance artist was born and raised in Muscle Shoals, Alabama - "The Hit Recording Capital of the World" and the birthplaces of Helen Keller and W.C. Handy. The Muscle Shoals area was populated by an abundance of musicians and visual artists/painters. He began studying music, painting and drawing at a young age with local artists and was encouraged to develop his own unique vision. Roger is influenced by pop, rock, blues, gospel, country, and folk, but doesn’t self-consciously follow any one tradition...combining them all into some hybrid of his own.SEE ROGER"S PAINTINGS

From 1997-2005, Roger Anthony Mapes performed as YOLANDA singer/songwriter/gender warrior with his/her band "Yolanda and the Plastic Family". Roger created the character "Yolanda", wrote the music, created the costumes, toured and recorded with his/her band and was the opening act for Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wash. In 2005, Roger as YOLANDA was featured on The Dave Chapelle Show.
YOLANDA's NYC venues included CBGB's, The Cutting Room, The knitting Factory,Webster Hall, and The Limelight nightclubs. From 1997-1999: Roger's music was favorably reviewed in Billboard Magazine 5 times. Larry Flick called him the "...best unsigned artist of 1999".
For more information on YOLANDA go to: The YOLANDA Archives

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Currently I am in the permanent play list on SongVault.FM with my songs "We Are Angels", "Love Divine" and "Home" and in the top 40 with songs in pop and jazz. I have many other songs in competition. You may VOTE to get my songs in permanent rotation:

Roger inducted into The BEAR MUSIC HALL OF FAME while receiving BEST VOCALIST award
BEAR MUSIC HALL OF FAME

From 1996-2005 Roger performed as Yolanda. Here is a history of those years:
1.YOLANDA!
for archives of 9yrs of performance work as "Yolanda".
2.OUTMEDIA
for "History of Yolanda" article and pic
3.GLBT HALL OF FAME
for Yolanda's Hall of Fame listing
4.STONEWALL SOCIETY
for Yolanda's awards and listing from The StoneWall Society
5.FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL
for Yolanda's music award from the Fresh Fruit Theatre Festival
6. Interview with Yolanda
7. Yolanda's song Right To Surrender in Artists with Aids music archive (scroll down)
8.MP3 of Yolanda's song MARRY ME from www.queermusicheritage.us
This song is from the album Marry Me recorded and distributed byFIGJAM RECORDS
Please also visit JD Doyle's amazing websiteQUEER MUSIC HERITAGE

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You cannot restore someone to their Connection with Source by belittling them or by punishing them, or by being disgusted with them. It is only through love that you can return anyone to love. And if you do not have a way of returning them to love, they will always be a problem to your society. -Abraham/Hicks ..

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