Van Morrison, Dylan, Tom Waits, Muddy Waters .John Lee Hooker, too many to mention
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“On Nobody Rides for Free, Ron LaSalle goes down to the crossroads. Only instead of bargaining with the devil, he wrestles him and other personal demons—and emerges battered but triumphant, his soul intact and his spirit rocking for the ages. From gutbucket acoustic blues to sweet soul to Stones-worthy rhythm ‘n’ rock, LaSalle drives with style into the intersection of blues and rock giants. He proves he belongs in their company, then blows on down his own road.”
--Michael McCall, Nashville Scene
While Nashville's Ron LaSalle is a veteran of the music business wars, Too Angry To Pray marks the first full-length release on his new label. Packed with passion, the disc offers up soulful roots rock that recalls the spirit of golden era Van Morrison, brawny blue-collar twang and even some Tom Waitsian saloon blues. It's a rousing effort that exposes the heart of a survivor. (Ph-Q Records)
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RON LASALLE AND THE EAST SIDE ROCKERS _ Raw white soul has been given a bad name by Bolton belters and Cocker copycats. But on his new album Too Angry To Pray, Nashville singer/songwriter/producer Ron LaSalle returns to the proud, hard-edged tradition of Mitch Ryder, Southside Johnny, and mid-‘70s Graham Parker- not to mention Van Morrison and early Bruce Springsteen, whose influences are felt in the record’s brassy punch and sprawling grooves. LaSalle’s whiskey scarred voice hints at the rough past his lyrics make explicit, but his songs address faith and overcoming fear without getting preachy: This record may have the soul of Sunday morning, but the sound is Saturday night
Jim Ridley – Nashville Scene
“For me He is already the greatest musical Discovery of this year”
Ray PIETERS-DREESENS - MILO Radio 103.1 FM Belgium
“The snarling tone of Brent Little's lead Guitar, a gritty, twang-drenched sound that echoes both Memphis and
Nashville, is complimented by LaSalle’s voice, a bleary country drawl with a touch of urban blues that makes you believe every word he sings.”
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Ron Lasalle "Nobdy Rides For Free" (Ph-Q Records 2007)
A hell of a singer
If hell has a house band, then I’ve found it the perfect singer. And while he’s there, Ron Lasalle can take the rest of the musicians featured on Nobody Rides For Free along with him.
If the blues is the devil’s music then Ron Lasalle is its disciple. And it's not just the raw, feral Nashville Blues - which gets the album off to an explosive start - Got Love To Blame is sensual and steamy in a slightly sleazy way. It doesn’t just suggest danger, it oozes it from every sweaty pore of the song.
It’s impossible to say that Lasalle does much that hasn’t been done before, it’s just that he does it that little bit better than most.
Ron Lasalle is one of those bluesmen who were born with a raging fire in their belly and through a long career at the working end of the blues; he has added the experience to harness that fire.
Lasalle has often been compared to the likes of Van Morrison and with She Did Love Me, you can see just why. Ironically that happens to be the album’s least believable song, it’s slightly superficial and stilted. It’s the only time when you’re not quite sure whether Lasalle has his heart in it.
Contrast that with I Am In Love, on the face of it very similar, in reality they are world’s apart. One is a decent performance, the other is ripped from its author’s soul bleeding.
It’s neat and tidy to categorize Ron Lasalle as a traditional blues musician, albeit a very good one, but on Nobody Rides For Free, he has poured Soul, R ‘n’ B, Blues and Rock into the cauldron and conjured up a potent spell, one called ‘real music’.
Date review added: Monday, March 05, 2007
Reviewer: Michael Mee
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"Nobody Rides For Free"
Ron LaSalle's long awaited follow up to 2001's critically acclaimed
Too Angry To Pray.
Featuring 13 new tracks plus a hidden bonus track.
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Ron LaSalle's rootsy musicality, showcased across an eclectic mix of songs blended together by the warm growl of his distinctive vocals, makes Nobody Rides for Free slide down smooth like a fine bourbon should. Complex, creamy and deeply textured, LaSalle's sophomore album is equally sure to please both devout fans and new ones alike. A step bluesier than Too Angry to Pray, LaSalle's critically acclaimed 2001 release, this bohemian bluesman is careful to reward faithful fans who still will find plenty of twang to enjoy on this record. But, as longtime admirers know, LaSalle's trademark soul twang is driven by rhythms more reminiscent of Muscle Shoals than of Nashville. LaSalle is one musical brewmaster whose product we can enthusiastically recommend to connoisseurs.
Ron Lasalle & The East Side Rockers:
In their 10 years of touring together averaged 300 shows in 300 cities a year in both the U.S and Canada.
SRO crowds became the norm for this native of Niagara Falls, NY but, at the height of his success, Ron decided to take a break from the road and moved to Toronto, Canada to learn more about the business side and concentrate on his writing. Lasalle released his first single Only The Strong Survive on SBK records, going on to record the never released full LP for CBS Canada titled Simple Glories.
Since moving to Nashville, TN, as a staff writer for EMI. Ron has written and recorded with some of the worlds finest writers and musicians such as Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteens band, Bucky Baxter (Steve Earle, Bob Dylan) George Marinelli (Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby). Alto Reed of Bob Segers Silver Bullet Band, Film Music for Jeff Daniels Film Super Sucker (Purple Rose Films ) Morgan Fairchilds "Eric's Revenge"
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Order Nobody Rides For Free Today "LaSalle's rough, black voice is perfect for this bluesy collection. . . but it is the ballads that really make the record, bringing Nobody Rides for Free firmly into romantic, country-soul territory. I Am Love is an amazing song that, alone, is worth the price of the album. . .. The steamy Try to Trust Again is a soulful rock ballad that sounds like a seventies record while the rootsy She Did Love Me reflects LaSalle's debt to John Hiatt. Then, there is the intimacy of the beautiful I Still Talk to Angels. Overall, a record filled with blues-passion in every note that puts Ron Lasalle, an outsider by trade, in his own category where roots music isn't limited by the misused term Americana".--
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Hi Ron. Tank's for add. Saturday 12 dicember you play for EMERGENCY ONG ONLUS in Sanluri Stato (Sardinia)... I'm Nicola, coordinator EMERGENCY. Goodbye
We are proud to announce that after MUCH hard work and effort, The Sheriffs of Nottingham will be releasing our debut CD, "Hard Places: The EP" on Saturday, November 14th.
Track Listing: 1. Running Man 2. Easy 3. Hard Places 4. The Road 5. He Said/She Said 6. Same Old Song 7. Nineteen Eighty-Four
We are extremely proud of this CD and cannot wait for you to hear what we've been working on for so long! We will be releasing the CD early online, so visit back often for more details. For now, you can listen to two full tracks (Running Man and Nineteen Eighty-Four) on our MySpace.
Hope to see you at a live concert soon, and we thank you for your patience and support,
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Ciao Ron! Did you see again my friends at Little Italy? Say hello to everybody! I miss you! We had such a great time! Regarding Sardegna they finished the money already, but we'll start to plan your real tour soon! And if you want to come to Sardegna anyway you'll be more than welcome!!! Love Andrea
Hey, Im posting new videos today! New pictures too!
And TUESDAY July 14, the band will be filming a performance for the tv show at SAXON PUB! Be in the audience for the tv show 4:30 to 6!!!!!!!! Ruby Jane
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