Kenneth Dale Rostad was born on April 22, 1963, the 6th child to Clarence and Ruth (Hauge) Rostad. He grew up on the family’s ranch on the Old Boulder Road. He attended schools in Big Timber, graduating in 1981, the last class to graduate at the old Sweet Grass High School. He played drums in the SGHS band inspiring at least 4 nephews and a great niece to do the same. While in high school he got the nickname Rogg. He got his undergraduate degree at MSU in Bozeman and his Master’s degree at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington. While in college had his own band “Raw Kahn” and did some touring around Montana and neighboring states. He was a member of Spokane’s own “Blue Steele”. He also performed with the Spokane Opera, the Tacoma Brass Band, Federal Way Symphony, and the Tacoma Summer Fun Band.
