Just Roxie

The essence of Just Roxie is harmony. Accomplished musicians, gifted songwriters and vocalists, and longtime friends Lenny Lasater (bass), Linda Bolley (guitars and banjo), and Becky Shaw (guitar, harmonica, button accordion, lap steel) blend their distinctive talents, voices, and styles to create a sound and dynamic uniquely their own. Bringing their refined artistry, stunning vocals, and the wisdom born of life experience to their singing, arranging, and songwriting, their music comes from the heart and speaks to the soul. Each original song and cover takes us on a journey—on the road, to the depths of our hearts and minds, through the full range of our emotions—and ultimately, brings us home to ourselves.

Just Roxie’s music is authentic, accessible, organic. It invites us to sit on the back-porch swing, swapping stories that make us laugh, cry, reflect, and remember. With such musical influences as Emmylou Harris, The Wailin’ Jennys, Alison Kraus, and Gillian Welch, their style honors classic country, folk, Americana, bluegrass, rock ’n roll, and more. In their songs we hear our own stories: of love and heartache, joy and sorrow, friendship and loss, the momentous and the everyday. Expressed with such honesty and sung so exquisitely, their music affirms, comforts, and strengthens us, as the resonance of their message reassures us that we are far from alone. Insightful and engaging, it speaks of lives well lived, of appreciating what matters, of practicing acceptance and expressing kindness. Just Roxie has a distinctive voice, and something to say.

Just Roxie creates community at every live show, forging an unshakable bond with the audience. The trio’s rapport, their warmth and humor on and off the stage, and the passion and energy of every performance welcome us into their circle, making any setting an intimate one. An evening with Just Roxie is an evening spent with cherished friends. You'll leave with a stronger, lighter, more grateful heart: re-energized, renewed, reinvigorated. Just Roxie, like music itself, brings us all together.



"When you have a group of women who are natural story-tellers, who sooth their aggressive musical chops with beautiful harmonies, temper their rock-n-roll sensibilities with an understanding of Appalachian tradition, and come off as a little bit Keith Richards, a little bit Bill Monroe, you get Roxie Watson."

Lisa Love, Georgia Music Foundation, Executive Director - Georgia Music Magazine (Apr 6, 2011)


"So you wanna start an all girl bluegrass / folky / trad / cover / original band that plays and sings like wily crafty veterans and harmonizes like the angels? o-k. but 1st, you better go see and hear... cause that's what they are doing. And not only doing...but kicking booty and taking names!"

Eddie Owen - Eddie's Attic (Mar 21, 2011)


"This all woman talented team of singer songwriter's turned Blue Ridge on its ear at our annual 4th of July parade. We have seen alot, but never a band on stage and a pick up truck at the same time! Talk about fun, family, and down-home goodness, this is the Band."

Sarah Auman - Outofzblue (Mar 24, 2011)

"These musicians ha[ve] jelled into a nifty little bluegrass band... Nice blended vocals and easy-going picking give the record [True Stories] a real down-home feel."

James Kelly - Creative Loafing (Jan 19, 2010)

"A sunny/earthy Americana-inflected group... their CD, True Stories, is a gentle pleasure for anyone willing to let a few sweetly-sung country tunes carry their troubles away."

Jeff Clark - Stomp and Stammer (Feb 15, 2010)
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