Ron Hester, Keith Hanlon, Jose Gonzales, Pat Kenney w/Special Guests: Jon Chinn, Neal Schmitt, Jess Faller, Dave Pascoe and Matt Duckworth
Influences
MUSIC Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters, American Music Club/Mark Eitzel, Elliott Smith, Elmore James, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bob Mould, Lou Barlow, The Smiths, Echo & the B-men, AC/DC, GBV, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Billy Bragg, and especially Loudon Wainwright III. PLACES Ohio, New York City, Berlin (Germany), Tennessee, France, Arizona, Los Angeles, Utah BOOKS The Sun Also Rises, Naked Lunch, Our Band Could Be Your Life, No Country for Old Men, The Big Sleep, Cash, Crime and Punishment FILMS La Dolce Vita, Five Easy Pieces, Stranger Than Paradise, Naked, Wings of Desire, Manhattan, Band of Outsiders ART Giorgio Morandi, Edward Weston, Atget, Berenice Abbott, Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter, Edouard Manet, Chardin
Singer-songwriter in Brooklyn, New York with friends in Columbus, Ohio. You can find some of the above songs and others at iTunes. Look for shows and an EP in 2006...
Hester sounds vocally like he spent time in the Lou Reed school of crooning, but he is a good songwriter with a nice collection of acoustic-based rock tunes, most notably the powerful "Stupid Stories." -- A. Aber, The Village Voice
...at the intersection of indie-rock and alt-country, is Ron Hester, a talented performer... -- C. Fields, The Washington Post
Ron Hester's music is simple and effective, and he makes no attempt to make apologies or excuses for it. There's no need to: In Between won't leave you feeling conflicted...just satisfied. -- Splendid
...reminiscent of Mighty Joe Moon-era Grant Lee Buffalo with a laid-back shuffling drum beat and great interaction between the musical melody and vocal lines. -- C. Painter, Cringe
