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Ronnie Barron

p, voc, 1943-1997 US, New Orleans
Singer / Musician of Rock and Blues
A.k.a. Ronald Raymond Barrosse

Born 9th October, 1943 in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 20th March 1997. Barron was quite a character and 'front man' among the bars & clubs of New Orleans, singing with rotating make-up bands of musicians such as Leonard James, Earl Stanley and Mac Rebennack. Indeed, Barron was once the catalyst in a 'juke-joint' argument with its manager, resulting in Rebennack almost losing a finger from a gunshot - causing him to move from the guitar to keyboard work. The line "Lie, steal, drink all day... good folks try to keep away..." pretty much summed up the collective 'delinquent' nature of the group, and the club culture that was going down in New Orleans at the time, in their Ronnie & Delinquents recording of "Bad Neighborhood". Early work by Barron was issued under several such pseudonyms, one being "Morgus The Magnificent" - a title taken from a 'crazed scientist' character on a popular sci-fi show that originated on a Louisiana TV station- with the band referred to as "Morgus And The Ghouls". One of Barron's music acquaintances was guitarist Tommy George, nicknamed "Chopsley" after the sidekick in the Morgus show. "Drits & Dravy" was another disguise for Rebennack & Barron on the AFO label. Rebennack had originally hired Barron on the strength of his act as the "Reverend Ether", a 'spiritual voodoo persona' that Barron had created to entertain a jaded Bourbon Street audience, performing songs like his self-penned "Black Widow Spider". In 1965 Barron left behind the mystical Reverend Ether (his 'majick stick' being taken up by Dr. John) and moved to California to work as a session musician with Sonny & Cher, signing with Don Costa to RCA. In LA he also performed with the Prime Ministers, signing with Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic and backing Bobby Darin in 1966. He broke from sessioning to become a group member of Paul Butterfield's newly-formed band Better Days in 1971 and he appeared on their releases in the following two years. Between 1971 & 1988 Barron worked on recordings with a number of renowned artists, including Tony Joe White, Redbone, Gene Clark, Ry Cooder, Dr. John, John Mayall, B.B. King, Kim Carnes, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, Tom Waits and Eric Burdon. In 1988 he appeared as a bartender in the Steven Seagal film "Above The Law". Much of his work can be found on compilations. He suffered from complications to his heart in 1997, which led to his death.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Vocals
  • Organ
  • Keyboards
  • Percussion
Genres
  • Rock
  • Blues
  • Pop
Popular Tracks   
My Key Don't Fit on Gumbo Stew by Various Artists
Trick Bag - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat
Talk That Talk on More Gumbo Stew by Various Artists
Worried Life Blues - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat
Singing in My Soul - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat
Happy Tears - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat
Big Chief - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat
I Can Give It to You on Meat Me Down The Disco by Horse Meat Disco
Lights Out - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat
Doing Something Wrong - Remastered on Blue Delicacies by Ronnie Barron & Canned Heat

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Singing In My SoulRonnie Barron1996Album
My New Orleans SoulRonnie Barron1993Album
Bon Ton RouletteRonnie Barron1983Album
I Can Give It To YouRonnie Barron1980Album
Blue DelicaciesRonnie Barron1979Album
The Smile Of LifeRonnie Barron1978Album
The Smile Of Life / Levon Helm And The RCO All Stars SamplerRonnie Barron / Levon Helm1977Album
Louisianna Flood / Mamma's Kind Of SongRonnie Barron1971Single
Reverend EtherRonnie Barron1971Album
The Grass Looks Greener Yonder / Did She Mention My NameRonnie Barron1964Single
It's All In The PastRonnie Barron1963Single
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