Sunday, September 12
Ronny Cox with Jack Williams
Ronny’s new recording, “Ronny Cox…Songs with Repercussions” reached #1 in the country in the Folk DJ chart folk record this past summer and ended up in the #49 position for the entire year. In his case, however, the word “folk” is a slight misnomer. He’s a storyteller. Like Ronny, the songs are eclectic, funny, touching, insightful and compelling. Each tune showcases an original, sophisticated lyric-driven sound and the stories that accompany these songs are something else entirely.
In February 2010, Wind River Records re-released Ronny’s excellent tribute to the great songwriter Mickey Newbury entitled “How I Love Them Old Songs”. Ronny grew up in New Mexico listening to Texas Swing tunes, but then played rock & roll in high school, and was eventually drawn to folk music after graduating from college.
Some may know Ronny from his acting career, which spans over 125 films and television shows. Ronny is often ironically identified with the villains he has played in movies like "Total Recall," "Robocop" and the ruthless politician in the hit science fiction TV series "Stargate". Ronny's first film -- his first time acting in front of a camera -- was as the guitarist in the famous dueling banjos scene in "Deliverance". His second big film was "Bound for Glory" about Woody Guthrie.
Only in the last 10 years has the world seen him evolve from being an actor who sings into knowing him as a singer who happens to have a pretty fair acting career. |
