Banjoïste et guitariste Country
US.
Banjo
player Ron Block devoted more than a dozen years to
Alison Krauss & Union Station and
other groups before branching out to record Faraway Land, a solo album of
gospel music that was released by Rounder Records in 2001. He previously spent
about four years during the late '80s with the group Weary Hearts, of which he
was a founding member, and a bit of time early the following decade with the
Lynn Morris Band. With Alison Krauss &
Union Station since 1991, when he stepped in to take over for Alison Brown,
Block provided enduring and lovely songs for the outfit's albums, and they are
frequently concerned with the topic of faith. Among the other artists who have
recorded Block's songs are Michael W. Smith,
Randy Travis, Rhonda Vincent,
the Forbes Family, fellow Union Station member Dan Tyminski, and
the Cox Family. Block has lent his
talents to recordings by Vince Gill,
Dolly Parton,
Clint Black,
Susan Ashton,
Brad Paisley,
Billy Dean, and Bill Frisell, among others.
In addition to his songwriting and playing, Block also has worked as a producer
on the bluegrass-gospel In the Shadow of Your Wings, recorded by the
Forbes Family. The list of artists who contributed to Block's debut reads like a
high-caliber who's who, and includes
Alison Krauss & Union Station, Chris Thile and his
Nickel Creek partners, Sara Watkins
and Sean Watkins, and the Forbes Family.
Block, whose father owned a music store in Lawndale, CA, got his hands on a
guitar of his own when he was 11 years old. After catching a televised
performance by Lester Flatt two years later, he
was drawn to the banjo. Later that same year, his father presented him with one
of the instruments, a Kay model, as a Christmas gift. After high school he
turned to Texas' South Plains College to study music, specifically country and
bluegrass. There he joined forces with Eric Uglum and Mike Bub to establish
Weary Hearts. The group would later include Chris Jones and Butch Baldassari. In
addition to Flatt, Block cites a wide
range of musical influences, including Flatt's
partner Earl Scruggs,
Bill Monroe, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice,
and Ricky Skaggs, among others.
Inspiration later came from such diverse musicians as B.B. King, Benny Goodman,
Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Larry Carlton. In
2007 Block released DoorWay, his second solo album, on the Rounder label.
http://www.ronblock.com/
Talents : Banjo, Guitar, Vocal
Style musical : Traditional Country, Bluegrass
DOORWAY
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 08/2001 | CD ROUNDER 610477 (US) |
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FARAWAY LAND - Faraway Land / He's Holding On To Me / Your Heart Has Found A Home / Searching / Is It Any Wonder / Higher Than Man / Another Life I'm Living On / In The Morning Light / Set Your Children Free / Donal's Lullaby / In Memory Of Steve / Let Me Be You |
| 06/2007 | CD ROUNDER 0587 (US) |
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DOORWAY - The Kind Of Love / Along The Way / Love's Living Through Me When I Do / Things Aren't Always As They Seem / Be Assured / DoorWay / Above The Line / The Blackness Of The Need / Flame / Secret Of The Woods / I See Thee Nevermore / Someone |
© Rocky Productions 20/06/2007
