LAST RIDE WERE, IN THE BEGINNING A POWER TRIO, DEEPLY ROOTED IN
THE ..CLASSICS... BY THIS I MEAN THE LIKES OF ZZ TOP, BAD COMPANY AND
THIN LIZZY, ALONG WITH SOME GREAT SOUTHERN INFLUENCES SUCH AS
LYNYRD SKYNYRD, MOLLY HATCHETT AND OF COURSE THE ALLMAN
BROTHERS BAND. THEY COME AT YOU HEAD ON, LIKE THE WIND IN YOUR
FACE ON THE OPEN ROAD AND THE ROAR OF A 110cu V-TWIN.THEIR
DISTINCT SOUND COMES FROMTHE BLISTERING GUITAR WORK OF RALPH
ABELLO AND THE ROCK SOLID RYTHYM SECTION COMPRISED OF LARRY IVY.
ON DRUMS AND VOCALS AND STEVE PRICE ON BASS.
A LITTLE HISTORY...
THE CORE OF LAST RIDE FORMED IN 1996 WHEN THREE OLD FRIENDS GOT
TOGETHER IN A BASEMENT IN HIRAM, GA. ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO
JAM A BIT . THOSE FRIENDS WERE RALPH ABELLO, LARRY IVY AND STEVE
PRICE. JUST THREE GUYS THAT GREW UP TOGETHER IN S.W. ATLANTA. RALPH
AND LARRY WERE THE VETERANS IN THE BAND , HAVING PLAYED TOGETHER
IN THE 70'S IN VARIOUS INCARNATIONS. RALPH, FROM MANILLA, IN THE
PHILLIPINES RUMOUR HAS IT, WAS PLAYING A GUITAR IN THE DELIVERY
ROOM.AND, BELIEVE ME IT SHOWS! LARRY, AN ATLANTA NATIVE HAS BEEN
BEHIND A DRUM KIT ALMOST AS LONG. IT'S IN HIS BLOOD. AFTER ALL, HIS
BROTHER RONNIE ,WAS DRUMMER FOR TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR BANDS
IN THE ATLANTA AREA IN THE 1970's. CHOICE AND BLACKJACK.
STEVE, ALSO AN ATLANTA NATIVE ,DIDN'T PLAY BASS IN A BAND IN THE
EARLY DAYS . BUT A CHANCE MEETING WITH RALPH AT A RED LIGHT AFTER
12 YEARSOF EVERYBODY GOING THEIR OWN WAY WOULD CHANGE ALL OF
THAT.
SO,WHAT BEGAN AS RALPH AND STEVE JAMMING
IN RALPH'S BASEMENT ON FRIDAY NIGHTS IN 1994 FOR TWO FRUSTRATING
YEARS WITH DIFFERENT DRUMMERS AND SINGERS, WOULD BECOME LAST
RIDE ONCE THE CALL WENT OUT TO LARRY WHO WAS EAGER TO GET BEHIND
A DRUM KIT AGAIN...
A BAND IS BORN
FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD...
AROUND 2003 EVERYWHERE THE GUYS PLAYED ON THE SOUTHSIDE
A GUY NAMED KENNY SHERMAN SEEMED TO BE AND EVERY NOW AND THEN
HE WOULD "SIT IN" DOING SOME ROBIN TROWER VOCALS.
WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY KENNY SOON BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BAND
AND THEY WERE FOUR...
SO, THERE YOU ARE...
LAST RIDE HAS PERFORMED ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND
AT ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS
AND
NOT ALWAYS FOR MONEY..
OR BEERS..
THEIR MUSIC IS
ROCK & ROLL
NOTHING MORE...
NOTHING LESS...
THEY HOPE YOU ENJOY THE RIDE
BECAUSE THEY CERTAINLY ARE...
