RONNIE C

BORN IN PASADENA TX IN THE EARLY 50S , I STARTED HEARING MUSIC THAT WOULD ALWAYS MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION , AS I WAS GROWING UP . MY UNCLE RQ , AT A VERY EARLY AGE , WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPRESS THE LADIES WITH HIS RECORDINGS OF HOWLIN WOLF , WATCHING UTAH CARL WITH HIS GUITARIST CURLY , ON SATURDAY MORNINGS , OR WATCHING ED SULLIVAN SHOW , THESE WERE VERY EARLY INFLUENCES , THEN I HEARD JIMMY REED AND BILL DOGGET , AND BACK THEN COUNTRY SEEMED TO BE MORE OF WHAT I WAS USE TOO , AND WHEN I HEARD BIG BOSS MAN , I THOUGHT HEY , THIS IS IT ! THEN ONE EVENING I WENT OUT AND SEEN JIMMIE VAUGHAN AND THE FABLOUS THUNDERBIRDS RIGHT BEFORE GIRLS GO WILD ALBUM CAME OUT AND MAN IT WAS LIKE I FOUND HOME . ALSO THE BLUES CLUBS HERE IN HOUSTON STARTED TO BRING IN ALL THE TOURING BLUES ARTIST AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TIMES ............. ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT IF YOUR EVER IN HOUSTON , THERE ARE BLUES CLUBS ON ANY NIGHT THAT HAS SOME GREAT BLUES ARTIST , DOIN WHAT THEY LOVE, NAMES LIKE TOMMY DAR , SONNY BOY TERRY , JOHN MOSCHONIE , STEVE KRASE , TONY VEGA , DAVE NEVLING , BROOKS BALLARD , SPARE TIME MURRY , LIL TERRY RODGERS , MARK MAY , AND MANY MORE ................