A statue honoring funk music legend
Roger Troutman and the on-going work to revitalize the city’s Salem and Catalpa
Gateway was installed October 29, 2012.
The metalwork created by Dayton artist Michael Bashaw and commissioned by
the Phoenix Project is on the former site of Troutman Recording Studio near the
northwest corner of the Salem Avenue and Catalpa Drive.
The dilapidated studio was torn down and transformed about five years ago
into one of three parks created near the intersection by the Phoenix Project -
a joint effort between Citywide Development Corporation, the City of Dayton and
Good Samaritan Hospital.
Bashaw’s sound sculpture incorporates clock chimes and is
named for and tuned to Troutman’s hit “I Can Make You Dance” with Zapp &
Roger. In the Triangle Park neighborhood, the statue includes 27 triangles.
I was fortunate enough to discover this amazing wall mural that faces the park! Evidence Troutman's music is still remembered today!
