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Ronald

About Me

You can download one or more songs from our new CD at this site. 99 cents, I think...most of 'em are even worth it...
Our CD "Sunshine State of Mind" is doing real good. We won't get rich, but we're proud of it. Mary & I have been playing music at the occassional nursing home and we're waiting for the Florida Folk Festival in May so we hope to see y'all out there for that. Ariel started college (FSU) and Andrew's doing pretty well over at Ed White. Now if I could just hit the Lotto and retire from my day job...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

If you know me, chances are you know who Frank Thomas and the late great Bobby Hicks are but whether you do or don't, here's one of Frank's tunes...

My Blog

Will McLean

Every year Mary & I are fortunate to get invited to the Will McLean Folk Festival here in Florida (this was our 4th year), we end up getting "re-introduced" to one of the true folk pioneers of Florida...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:39:00 GMT

Blogging for Jacksonville.com

I'm doing regular blogs now for the local newspaper, the Jacksonville Times-Union. Check it out at www.jacksonville.com and then click on "entertainment" to get to my latest blog. It usually has to do...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:41:00 GMT

Barberville This Weekend!

Mary & I will be at Barberville this weekend. We're scheduled to lead the "Bob Dylan" Jam on Saturday from 2 to 3 and then we'll be on the Depot stage at 4:30pm. On Sunday we'll be at the Fam...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:54:00 GMT

Double Nickles!

I turned 55 this week (May 15th)... Ah, it ain't so bad. And if you expect me to be bitichin' about getting old, you got the wrong blog. First of all I worked.  I always work on my birthday....
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Started the new CD!

Mary & I have begun the next CD. We have no title yet, Sloppy seconds maybe, I dunno. We have ten "new" songs that we've written, including "My Florida" which we wrote right after the first CD and...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:16:00 GMT

Bobby Hicks, Rest In Peace

Bobby Hicks passed away today, December 19th, 2007 at around 4 a.m... Angry, fiesty, empassioned, over the top, even intimidating at times, nobody did it like Bobby did. His CD "I'm Florida, Need I S...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:06:00 GMT

"My Florida" is finally finished!

The song "My Florida" which I wrote with Mary is finally finished. Andy King, our producer, did a great job recording it. Alju Jackson and her mother, Ms. Ju'Coby Pittman, did a bang up job on th...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:29:00 GMT

Ariel is off to FSU this week!

We're very proud of my daughter Ariel for going off to FSU this week! She's a Douglas Anderson HS grad so we know she'll do well. This weekend she's getting her room in the dorm and sometime around th...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:49:00 GMT

Harry Potter Book Review

WARNING!! THIS POST HAS SPOILER INFO IN IT!! IF YOU INTEND TO READ THE BOOK, DO NOT READ THIS BLOG!!! Just finished reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." What a social phenomonon this series...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:39:00 GMT

nu noyz

i do a political blog called "nu noyz" at http://nunoyz.blogspot.com please don't hate me. its just my opinion. if you leave a message be open and frank and use a little tenderness in your honesty. th...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:26:00 GMT