Ronnie Penque

Ronnie Penque

Background information
Born	(1962-03-23) March 23, 1962
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Bass
Years active	1978–present
Associated acts	New Riders of the Purple Sage, JGB, Stir Fried, Ripple, Ronnie Penque Band
Website	ronniepenque.com

Ronnie Penque is a bassist, singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years.^[1] Penque is most notably recognized for his work with the current New Riders of the Purple Sage.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The New Riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969. The band originally included members of the Grateful Dead including Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia. Penque was also lead singer and bass player for Melvin Seals and JGB. Melvin Seals is the keyboard player for the original Jerry Garcia Band. For the last 30 years Penque has worked other New York area bands including Ripple, Stir Fried and Splintered Sunlight out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When not working with NRPS Ronnie is busy with his other bands, the Ronnie Penque Band and the Penque-Diomede Band,^[5] or doing session work. On November 2, 2010 Penque released his first solo album, titled Only Road Home, on Bayland Records.^[6]^[7]

Discography

Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2007)
Where I Come From – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2009)
Only Road Home – Ronnie Penque Band (2010)
17 Pine Avenue – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2012)

Notes

↑ Ronnie Penque at AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
↑ "Bios", New Riders of the Purple Sage. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
↑ Brown, Corey (January 26, 2010). "Ronnie Penque", No Treble. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
↑ Collette, Doug (October 8, 2014). "New Riders of the Purple Sage at the Rusty Nail", All About Jazz. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
↑ Hone, Tim (August 10, 2016). "Deadheads Break Bread at Gateway", The SandPaper. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
↑ Robbins, Brian. (November 19, 2010) "Taking the Only Road Home with Ronnie Penque", Jambands.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010
↑ Robbins, Brian. (November 29, 2010) Only Road Home review, Jambands.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010

External links

New Riders of the Purple Sage

David Nelson Buddy Cage Michael Falzarano Ronnie Penque Johnny Markowski John Dawson Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart Phil Lesh Dave Torbert Spencer Dryden Skip Battin Stephen Love Patrick Shanahan Allen Kemp Bobby Black Michael White Billy Wolf Val Fuentes Rusty Gauthier Greg Lagardo Gary Vogensen Fred Campbell Evan Morgan Bill Laymon Bob Matthews

Studio albums	New Riders of the Purple Sage Powerglide Gypsy Cowboy The Adventures of Panama Red Brujo Oh, What a Mighty Time New Riders Who Are Those Guys? Marin County Line Feelin' All Right Before Time Began Keep On Keepin' On Midnight Moonlight Where I Come From 17 Pine Avenue

Live albums	Home, Home on the Road Vintage NRPS Live on Stage Live in Japan Live Worcester, MA, 4/4/73 Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72 Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72 Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75 S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73 Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77 Glendale Train

Compilation albums	The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1 Wasted Tasters Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage Ridin' with Panama Red Cactus Juice Very Best of the Relix Years Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live Instant Armadillo Blues

Videography	Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot

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