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Milton Lee "Roger" Ridley Jr. (Lumpkin County, 30 April 1948 – Los Angeles, November 16 2005) was a singer and guitarist American, known as "the voice of God" for his street artist performances in Santa Monica, California.

He is also known for his collaboration with the Playing for ChangeFoundation.

History
His career began in elementary school, when he sang in a school program to exit the English lesson. Its goals were to share his music and songs with the world. He moved to New York in 1964 and launched his professional career with Maley & The Isles as a singer. At the age of 26 years married and became the father of two girls and a boy (they are also musicians). On 29 March 1997 he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he performed in a show of street musicians called Madhattan, produced by Kenneth Feld. After a year the show was closed, then, a close friend introduced to the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, and all of a sudden it came back to perform in front of millions of people, a diverse audience with one thing in common, good music. His dedication to the stage performance allowed him to travel around the world, including places like Milan, Bologna, Lugano (where he was part of the Blues to Bach) and Japan, where he performed with the The Liberty Street (in their Japanese tour). He continued to devote himself to music, until his untimely death on 16 November 2005.