One Regal Resonator guitar, one 1973 LoPrinzi LR-25 dreadnought guitar, handmade by Augie LoPrinzi in New Jersey, one Guild cutaway True American guitar (from the Westerly, RI factory), one sweet little Taylor 414ce cutaway guitar, one big, blond maple Epiphone EJ-200 (inspired by Allan Benoit). One aging singer with an iffy voice.
Influences
I Am the Avalanche (the young men who brought music back into my life), Spirit Houses, Leonard Cohen, Barbara Crafton, Richard Shindell, the brilliant Eric Bibb, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, The Eels, Crowded House, The Pernice Brothers, Cicero, Foy Vance, Peter Bruntnell, Lucinda Williams, Miller Williams, John Ciardi, John Lee Hooker, John Prine, The Decemberists, Pedro the Lion, Jackson Browne, Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Jeremy Bentham, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Damien Rice, Nick Drake, J.D. Souther, Andy Pratt, Shane MacGowan, W.H. Auden, W.B. Yeats, John Berryman, Hart Crane, Phillip Yancey, Paul Brady, Andrew Peterson, Russ Taff, Billy Bragg, Death Cab for Cutie, Jets to Brazil, Julian of Norwich, St. Augustine, Cardinal Newman, Thomas Merton, Basho, W.H. Auden, Joe Strummer, Jeff Black, Elvis Perkins, Joe Purdy, Tom Robbins, Myspace songwriters all over the world, Steve Bailey of Missouri, Allan Benoit, Billy Stone, Axe Masterson, Major Tom, Kellen Bassette, DEP, Jeff Cooke, Kate and Donal, SoupyGato-who keeps the heart beat, New York City, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Tidewater, VA
Sounds Like
Homemade music. Front porch music. Absolute amateur music. Free music. A student of songwriting on the lookout for a Black Swan.
Resonator Ghost was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a long, long, time ago. Certainly before the Rock and Roll Hall of fame showed up. The Cuyahoga River still oozed in those days, some say it caught fire, but RG can't testify. RG has been a southerner for more than twenty years. He wrote songs and sang them for people in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then grew out of that habit until 2007 when Spirit Houses (www.myspace.com/spirithouses) told him that one or two of his songs weren't too bad. RG picked up his resonator guitar again and started making up songs and putting them up on myspace, where there is no need to hide behind the chicken wire. He still hides sous un faux nom, but you'll forgive him for that, won't you?
Absence of light depends upon the frequency the subject can perceive. So maybe there is a bit of infra red and the old ultra violet in your new song. There is heat, and heart, and energy. Good work! Yours, Suki the Akita, who hears and sees things many humans simply can not, or refuse, to observe.
Sending you Thanksgiving blessings from the ridge, where the first snow of the season just began to fall. Thankful for your friendship, always thankful.
MAJ Tom has deserted, perhaps, or is more likely only AWOL. The difference, as we know, is largely state of mind. Keep the faith. Hope to see you in NYC in the near future. Yours, MAJ Tom, the lonely Deserter. The Buddha is not destroyed by breaking his stone image. Afghanistan, 2001.
rg..what's up bro??..we being born in the season of brown bear people types, i'm digging the new tune..... just picking the reso and getting to the point!!..soon..twh
Hello Ron, Had a chance to listen to some of your fine songs today. Not long, but it was enough to remind me why I keep cpoming back. There's a haunted vulnerabilitly to your songs that I absolutley love.
Happy belated birthday friend....got that old time feel to the "courting waltz" I dig that "fabricating reasons" line...I love the "cradle Rocks" as I'm sure I've mentioned before..the new version is way smooth....glad we're forgiven....
That "Kibble for the Kitty" is a fine one. Guitars sounds a bit like JJ Cale...
I..ve been busy writing contracts with a label and putting a record together with 12 songs in order to get it on itunes, spotify, amazon and all those internet stores. I actually succeded in that.
Also I..ve been working on my house...I..m gonna sell it & build me a new one. Estate agents, Banks & Building contracters G Damn what a twirly existence
Hey "Winter Crows" is beautiful, it..s been on 4 times in a row now. Love Mickey
3-6 month stay in Oceanside, all expenses paid, per diems, etc. So I can hopefully knock out some debts and stay tan in the process. How can you beat that?
RG ...hope your havin a happy one!!..a little bean told me so...i knew we are resonating brothers for sure, in not just the music but i'm a 9/10 guy...keep pickin and grinnin...soon..twh
