Ron has spent the last 35 years chasing his bluegrass dream. He has released three national recordings on Copper Creek Records as well as two independent projects. He was a member of Special Consensus and can be heard singing and playing mandolin on their last two albums. All of the recordings feature great original songs written by Ron Spears.Ron is working on a new project featuring songs of The Classic County Gentlemen. the project features Eddie Adcock, Tom Gray, Pete Kuykendal, Lou Reid, Carl Jackson, Dave Parmley, Josh Williams and many more great bluegrass artists. A small bit of it can be heard on this MySpace.Ron is a multi-instrumentist and has performed with Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver and of course his own band Within Tradition. Ron has songs recorded by IIIrd Tyme Out, Lou Reid and Carolina, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Bluegrass Cardinals, Josh Williams and several other top bluegrass acts.
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Member Since: 5/18/2006
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Influences: Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Country Gents, Seldom Scene and too many more to mention
Sounds Like: Traditional bluegrass with a little newer sound
Type of Label: None
My Blog
Continental Divide Tour
Just returned from a 30 day tour of the Western US and Canada. A good time was had by all of the Continental Divide members. It was a long tour with only three nights off! The band got tighter and tig... Posted by Ron Spears on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST
IIIRd Tyme Out
Saw IIIrd Tyme Out at the Station Inn tonight. They did a bang up job! Would have liked to see more people show up though. Edgar L is doing a good job on the bass and the band did my favorite sone "Bl... Posted by Ron Spears on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:09:00 PST
