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Ralph Torres - singer/songwriter

About Me

I grew up on the irrigated edge of the California desert, fortified by orange groves, smog and the sweet summer sounds of 1970s top-40 AM radio. Most kids got a car when they turned 16 - I got a Rhodes.

After that it's all a blur...Andromeda, The Avatars, Private Sector, The Sedans, The Boxcutters, (actual size), Little Details*, mostly harmless...and, of course, the ralph show!

I've had the privilege of sharing the stage with some pretty awesome people...some you might have heard of but most you wouldn't recognize (isn't it that way for most of us?). Most recently I've been working with my friends John McGill and Phil O'Keefe on the very first ralph show CD.

I'm still living in that desperate little town that wants so hard to be Pasadena or something like it. The new project should be finishing up soon, and I'll be looking to take these songs out for some fun. Keep your eyes open...

* excuse me!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/13/2005
Band Website: theralphshow.com
Band Members: Ralph Torres: Keys and Vox
John McGill: Bass, Guitars and Vox
Phil O'Keefe: Bass, Guitars and Vox
Dennis Galuszka: Drums
Influences: The Beatles, ELO, Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, Freedy Johnston, Jules Shear et al...
Sounds Like: One of those songs you love but never hear enough on the radio.
Record Label: Lurker
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What are we gonna do without Dad?

I lost my dad last Wednesday night.While we knew he was weak with congestive heart failure, and we knew that another cardiac event could be his last, we're all still reeling from the suddenness and fi...
Posted by the ralph show on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:36:00 PST