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Ralph

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am a multi-instumentalist,but mainly a sax and clarinet guy...i mess around ..s, lap steel, uke, and ethnic do- dads, was born in Akron Ohio in da 1950's...i have been playing professionaly since 1978 when my first band "Tin Huey" got a record deal with Warner brothers. I have since recorded and toured with "the B52's,Tom Waits" was in the Tom Waits "in concert" film "BIG TIME" and I have done countless recording sessions over the years with Oranj Symphonette,Jonathan Richman,Danny Cohen, Jim White, Victoria Williams, Galaxie 500, Elvis Costello,Chuck Prophet,Penelope Houston,Marc Ribot, Swollen Monkeys, "Carney,Hild,Kramer", Daeved Allen,Allen Ginsburg, Kathy Acker,Clarinet thing,Steve Yerkey,Tipsy, William Buroughs.I am on the new "Harry Smith Project" box set and the upcoming Tom Waits "Orphans" box set..although I didn't get no money from them!!! and countless others...(i will fill them in later) I have 3 solo records out, "Ralph Sounds" "I like you(a-lot)" and "this is Ralph Carney!" my current band'"Carneyball Johnson"HAS A NEW C.D.!! it is now available at C.D.BABY.COM p.s. yes, I am Patrick Carney's(the Black Keys) uncle!!!!....also,until we have the paypal thing going on our website"carneyballjohnson.com" you can write to us at "[email protected]" and you can buy one there.....
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My Interests

cheese making,(kidding) sheparding(kidding),sitting,ye olde THANGS!!! breathing. shape shifting,reading about how Jesus never existed,daily Kos, 78's, and ,um, i forget

I'd like to meet:

John Coltrane, Spike Jones, Duke Ellington,Carolyn Jones,Elizibeth Montgomerey(i know, they are all dead!!) alive, let's see.....Karl Rove(so i could force feed him jelly donuts!! and make him listen to Carneyball Johnson for 24 hours straight) everyone on my friends list, um.um.um.... Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Robert Wyatt,Patrick Fitgerald...Acharya S. too many to list arrrrgh!!!!!

Music:

good music as opposed to bad music........as Roy Eldridge said "the material is immaterial"

Movies:

who cares...

Television:

............ the home and garden channel really puts me to sleep!! which is a good thing!! public access and the weird international channel..and when i go visit my dad in ohio, i like the really over the top "Jeebus" channels, there are a lot of them there... they scare me, but i need to know who the enemy is.....

Books:

the "Christ Conspiracy" by Acharya s.,"Listen Little Man" Wilhelm Reich,"Something Wicked This Way Comes"Ray Bradbury, "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash", anything by Hen Miller, more later. I'm tired!!!!!

Heroes:

Hogan.......(that was too easy)

My Blog

a good idea maybe..

i just had to write this down, it is on a piece of paper on my bulletin board. I think it makes sense, well sort of... "maybe it's time to stop NOT doing what you pretended you CAN do and CAN'...
Posted by Ralph on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:14:00 PST

the hollow earth

I can't believe I never checked anything out about the hollow earth theory in my 51 years till yeaterday!! any one want to go with me to one of the poles or other entry places and check it out? it ma...
Posted by Ralph on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:05:00 PST

cattle call/sword play

o.k. I went to an audition wanting "jazz' musician's to be in a japanese honda commercial,that would pay 1000 bucks to whoever gets it...not that i feel that i am a "jazz" musician, but i think i ca...
Posted by Ralph on Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:08:00 PST

Fat's alive!!

man what a day... this hurricane, deluge,end of civilization thing is bringing me down!! i need a stiff drink y'all!!! having just heard that Fats Domino is alive at the super dome, or as i call it t...
Posted by Ralph on Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:51:00 PST

wind and water....

.......sure are powerful!!....i was in New Orleans twice, for B52's shows back in the early 80's....it was mardi gras, i felt like i was tripping, but i wasn't.. got some mojo floor cleaner...we playe...
Posted by Ralph on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:25:00 PST

fried egg......

i just read this and i think it sums it all up!! "maybe it's time to stop not doing what you pretend you can do and can't,and start doing the thing that you can't do,but can no longer pretend that yo...
Posted by Ralph on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:15:00 PST

teeth!!!

yup, got em cleaned real good at the dentist downtown frisco...what's up with these pro- bush moms against Cindy Sheehan? they should call themselves, 'gold star mom's in denial" SHHHEEEEESH!!! trie...
Posted by Ralph on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:43:00 PST

my first blog!!

well, i dealt with identity theft today....creepy.....i uh, FOLDED LAUNDRY.....I uh, played MUSIC!!! I fed my family.......i uh..watched "Goldfinger" my 9 year old daughter really liked it!! me too, ...
Posted by Ralph on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:56:00 PST