Over the years, lots of folks have played in my bands, live and on the records. So many of my friends have shared some space in the van or just popped in to take the stage with us, including Chris Kienel, Paul Hammer, Will Griggs, David Perlick-Molinari, Lyle Nesse, Mike Clifford, Zach Berkman, Wayne Steele, Jay Buzby, Dan Ceballos, Adam Christgau, Emile Mosseri, Jon Dryden, James Bologna, Paul LeFebvre, Laura Lutzke, Genia Maslov, Colin Brookes, Reuben Chess, Jonah Thomas, Aidan Schultz-Meyer, Clay Cook, Will Frish, Dave Burnett, Laura Hartle, Jackey Good, Valerie Lieberman, Jon Cornell, Bryan Trenis, David Kolker, Brandon Intelligator, Tim Hutton, Dash Hutton, Ben Cassorla, Truett Lollis, Brett Thompson, Phil Struble, James "J-Pat" Dalton, Theo Aronson, Saul Ashby, Joe Robinson, Marcus Pomeroy, and many others I've failed to mention.
Where should I start…these stories, my music, it comes from all the places I’ve been, the people I’ve been blessed to play music along side, the way it feels to play my guitar until it bleeds or to bang on that old piano in my living room until my shoulders ache and my fingers won’t move anymore.
From Georgia to New York, New York to the road; Charleston and Memphis, Vermont to Chicago. Left home to release my first record with The District…Maine and Boston and who knows where else…walked down Wilshire, blinking in the Los Angeles sun… made love in the grass and meant it. Got lost in Delaware scrambling to get home to my family after too much time…swam in the ocean with the boys, thanking God for purple and orange Florida sunrises. Soaked up New Orleans…tried to become Levon Helm; realized I wasn’t much of a drummer. Wrote A Drop In The Ocean with Zach Berkman and then put it away for six months because I didn’t get it…fell in love…drank whiskey from the bottle and howled at the moon. Released Last Call…played the blues back-to-back with Buz in Charlotte and just about everywhere else along that godforsaken highway…the van broke down…we fixed it…the van broke down again. Got lost heading to South Carolina and ended up in Alabama…fell out of love and hit my head on the way towards the bottom…made a Christmas album, because, damn it, I like Christmas albums. Played big rooms…played small rooms…listened to Van Morrison and cried…listened to trains scream somewhere off in the distance on sleepless, blue-black nights…dreamed of California sunshine in the dead of an endless New England winter. Struck out on my own…wrote an album about love and loss, hope in the face of desperation, and all the places I find beauty; called it Daylight because for a long time, I was sitting in the dark, waiting on the sun.
Years ago, I traced the outline of a woman’s face on a piece of paper; someone I loved and didn’t want to forget once we’d put the whole thing to bed. The picture didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped, so I took my ink-stained fingers and spelled her name out in big, smeared letters on my arm. I guess that’s all I’ve ever really had…my words. This music is the story of where I’ve been, who I am, and where I’m going…these songs are my life.
so i pretty much just got myspace so that i could comment on your page. i totally loooove your music. i have bought everything you have ever put on iTunes. all of your lyric are pretty much flawless. i actually listen to your songs and i'm like how do you come up with this stuff ?! lol oh and you should put the chords for ALL of your songs on your website. because i would love the chords for a few of the songs on goodbye, goodnight. lol kay imma stop talking. but keep it up man- your music is awesome =)
Dude the Crab Pot is a totally lame tourist trap... don't buy it for a minute!! lol. MUCH better places for Seafood. I take my food serious man!! And my city too :) Where ya recording? Whose engineering? YEAH you'll love it here!!
cant you have an impromptu show somewhere? that would be sooo awesome...Seattle would love you even more than we already do. :) Ron Pope should not just record here but also do a show in a small bar. We could find a place for you.
where oh where can i purchase i'm yours?? me and my girlfriend use to listen to it on youtube when we first started dating and our 10 month is this coming weekend and i want to get it for her...please help
your in my top ron ron ! hehee i loveee your music , it never gets old to me . I had the ghettoest friend ever sing a drop in the ocean to mehh whole last summer n its amazingg . You need to come to Ocalaa Floridaaa .
Hey ron your music is great! me and my sister listen to you all the time!! I was just wondering if you where doing any shows near or around Pittsbugh??
i love your sound... and your lyrics are so original and heartfelt. when i heard your song A Drop in the Ocean on my friends profile it almost made me cry cause of the emotion and the way it reminded me praying that i'd be with someone even though it seemed like it would never happen.and the songs Fireflys and, Love you right r amazing as well :)
Hey u should come to michigan... that would be amazing.
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