This is very old obviously, but I started reading about Roger lately as I am still amazed that he is dead. I wanted to know more about the musician.

This is what I picked up from a eulogy, it's only the opening
paragraph:


By Rev. Keith "Songlife" Crenshaw

To All My Friends, Family, and close Associates:
I'm gonna need you to patient with me on this one. They say writing is great therapy. This is my homage to one Mr. Roger B. Troutman, who passed away from this life on April 25th 1999. For those who don't know who he was, Roger was one of the greatest funk musicians to walk the planet, second only to George Clinton and/or James Brown, both of whom he deeply loved, respected and admired. Most folks don't know he was a multi-instrumentalist, playing the bass, keyboards, guitar (he could play rings around Prince or "0+>", whatever his name is now) but made popular that gadget from the early 70's, the Talk Box. Roger had mastered the Talk Box, like no one has and ever will. Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, and a host of other artists may have toyed around with it, but no one brought it to the forefront like Roger did.