Roger Webster was born in 1960 in Doncaster, England. He was raised in Brierley. His first instrument was piano which he began playing at the age of 6. Four years later he began playing his current instrument the cornet. The piano was gradually pushed aside as he progressed with the cornet at Grimethorpe Colliery Junior Band. Before becoming a professional musician, he worked down the coal mines and prior to that as a Laboratory technician. However, it wasn’t until 1988 that he began to turn his hobby into a job. In this year he was invited to join Black Dyke, one of the world’s greatest brass bands, as principal cornet. He stayed here for 5 years before deciding to pursue a solo career.