Ronnie Penque
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Background information | |
Born | (1962-03-23) March 23, 1962 (age 62) |
Genres | Rock |
Instrument | Bass |
Years active | 1978–present |
Website | ronniepenque |
Ronnie Penque (born March 23, 1962) is a bassist, singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years.[1] He has been the bassist for the country rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage since 2005.[2][3][4]
The New Riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969. The band originally included members of the Grateful Dead including Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia. Penque was also lead singer and bass player for Melvin Seals and JGB. Melvin Seals is the keyboard player for the original Jerry Garcia Band. For the last 30 years Penque has worked other New York area bands including Ripple, Stir Fried and Splintered Sunlight out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
When not working with NRPS Ronnie is busy with his other bands, the Ronnie Penque Band and the Penque-Diomede Band,[5] or doing session work. On November 2, 2010, Penque released his first solo album, titled Only Road Home, on Bayland Records.[6][7] In 2018 Penque founded Panama Dead, a band dedicated to the music of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.[8][9][10]
Discography
- Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2007)
- Where I Come From – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2009)
- Only Road Home – Ronnie Penque Band (2010)
- 17 Pine Avenue – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2012)
- Family Business – Ronnie Penque (2019)
Notes
- ^ Ronnie Penque at AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "Bios", New Riders of the Purple Sage. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Corey (January 26, 2010). "Ronnie Penque", No Treble. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Collette, Doug (October 8, 2014). "New Riders of the Purple Sage at the Rusty Nail", All About Jazz. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Hone, Tim (August 10, 2016). "Deadheads Break Bread at Gateway", The SandPaper. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Robbins, Brian. (November 19, 2010) "Taking the Only Road Home with Ronnie Penque", Jambands.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010
- ^ Robbins, Brian. (November 29, 2010) Only Road Home review, Jambands.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010
- ^ Hodgson, Sarah (August 8, 2018). "Panama Dead, New Riders Tribute Band, To Debut in Tuckerton". The SandPaper. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ Biese, Alex (January 29, 2019). "Jerry Garcia Legacy Lives with New Riders of the Purple Sage Tribute Panama Dead". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ Price, Robert (February 28, 2019). "Next Best Thing to New Riders". New Jersey Herald. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
External links
- Ronnie Penque official website
- Panama Dead official website
- New Riders of the Purple Sage official website
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- David Nelson
- Buddy Cage
- Michael Falzarano
- Ronnie Penque
- Johnny Markowski
- John Dawson
- Jerry Garcia
- Mickey Hart
- Phil Lesh
- Dave Torbert
- Spencer Dryden
- Skip Battin
- Stephen Love
- Val Fuentes
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Powerglide
- Gypsy Cowboy
- The Adventures of Panama Red
- Brujo
- Oh, What a Mighty Time
- New Riders
- Who Are Those Guys?
- Marin County Line
- Feelin' All Right
- Before Time Began
- Keep On Keepin' On
- Midnight Moonlight
- Where I Come From
- 17 Pine Avenue
- Home, Home on the Road
- Vintage NRPS
- Live on Stage
- Live in Japan
- Live
- Worcester, MA, 4/4/73
- Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72
- Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72
- Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75
- S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73
- Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
- Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77
- Glendale Train
- Thanksgiving in New York City
- Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Lyceum '72
- Hempsteader
- The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
- The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1
- Wasted Tasters
- Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Ridin' with Panama Red
- Cactus Juice
- Very Best of the Relix Years
- Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live
- Instant Armadillo Blues
- Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
- Bakersfield sound
- Robert Hunter
- Peter Rowan