Hi everyone
I am a blues rock artist out of the UK. Used to gig and record in the 60s and 70s. Gave up music for family and work. Then my situation changed and I got asked by a freelance music journalist to review albums, which entailed going to numerous gigs. That brought the itch back and so I turned back to music. I have recorded numerous albums and worked in collaboration with many musicians worldwide (including Ray Brookes and Farrell Jackson from this very site) I am also the lead singer for Kingstorm (A Puerto Rican/UK classic rock band) and Hart & Bowes (A Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band - Canada/UK)
Hi Ron and welcome from a fellow Brit.
Welcome to the site I love me some blues ever need a harp player let me know
Tim
Welcome Ron, great to have another new member here. Your background is really interesting and sounds like you will fit right. Hope you enjoy the site.
Mike
Welcome to the site, Ron!
Welcome aboard Ron!
Thanks for the warm welcome guys!
Welcome from Tampa, FL.
Rock on!
well, I comment quite a bit on your great songs so saying hi is probably past the point now....anyway... glad you are here....
welcome from me in North Carolina (generally) and sometimes upstate NY.
Quote from: Ron D Bowes on June 19, 2022, 04:01:56 AMGave up music for family and work. Then my situation changed and I got asked by a freelance music journalist to review albums, which entailed going to numerous gigs. That brought the itch back and so I turned back to music.
I just read your introduction for the first time. That's a great turnaround in life.
Back to Plan A!It reminds me of something I read in the book
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/168438/so-you-wanna-be-a-rock-and-roll-star-by-jacob-slichter/9780767914710) by Jacob Slichter, drummer for the band Semisonic. He gave up on music, and pondered a career in academia.
Quote from: Jacob SlichterI entertained visions of graduate school, but such daydreaming was brought to an abrupt end when I opened the envelope containing the miserable grade given to my senior thesis, and the accompanying terse comments on its shabbiness. I graduated with a lackluster record and threw my diploma in a storage box. So much for plan B; back to plan A--rock stardom.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/168438/so-you-wanna-be-a-rock-and-roll-star-by-jacob-slichter/9780767914710/excerpt
Hi Ron,a very big welcome to the site.
I missed this original post somehow.
Great to see people coming into the site.