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Ron And Mary

Loving life and playing music

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Member Since: 10/8/2006
Band Website: sonicbids.com/ronandmary
Band Members: Ron Johnson & Mary Mathews, with Billy Johnson on tub/bass and percussion. Raven-Stands-Alone plays the flute and we have various musicians who sit in with us incl. Art Crummer and others.
Influences: To many to mention
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Record Label: Swamp Lilly Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Almost finished with our new CD!

Mary & I have a few more tracks and then the mix and we'll be (finally!) done with our newest CD "My Florida." We have 8 new original songs including: Times Is Hard (But We're Doin' Alright)...a r...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:58:00 PST

New Music!

Well, Mary & I had a great time at WillFest (the Will McLean Festival) near Ocala this past weekend, even though the rains came late Saturday and sent us home early on Sunday. Mary & I introd...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:26:00 PST

Not One But Two Folk Festivals in November!!!

Wow, talk about a hectic schedule over the next two weekends! Mary and I will start off this weekend near Deland at the Barberville Folk Festival (www.folkfiddle.com/barber.htm) and we'll be play...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

New State Song of Florida

Well, the deadline for entering a song into the new State Song of Florida Contest has now passed. October 1st was the deadline. At this point the Fla Music Educators Association will go over its ...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:24:00 PST

Accepted to play at the Florida Folk Festival!!!

Initially we were turned down for the Florida Folk Festival which left us very disappointed. Crushed is more like it. Then the festival got cancelled from its usual Memorial Day weekend due to the smo...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PST

Beginning the new CD

Beginning the next CD... Mary & I went into the studio this week and laid down the initial track for our next CD. Andy our producer wasn't feeling well so we cut the session short but we got at ...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

Playing at the Gamble Rogers Festival

Mary & I were honored to play the Gamble Rogers Festival May 6th. We saw some really great musicians including Charley Simmons, Bob and Joeline Patterson, and others. It was a good time even thou...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Sun, 06 May 2007 02:50:00 PST

Ron & Mary out on the deck

Since Mary & I have been together, we've played Folk festivals, we've played at private parties and we've especially enjoyed playing at the Retirement and Nursing Homes in the area, but we've...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:05:00 PST

The New Florida State Song

Florida State Rep. Tony Hill (D) is spear heading a drive to replace the old Florida state song with a new one. The current song "Old Folks At Home" was written by Stephen Foster and is better known a...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:17:00 PST

The 12th Annual Gamble Rogers Folk Festival

We just got our official invitation to the 12th Annual Gamble Rogers Folk Festival in Saint Augustine May the 4th, 5th and 6th. I believe they are holding it this year at the Amphitheatre off of&...
Posted by Ron And Mary on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:56:00 PST