Want to be in the thick of it this weekend in Downtown St Pete? Come join the fun at the Hideaway Cafe! Ronny Elliott will be taking the stage at 8PM for the release of his NEW ALBUM! Doors open at 6PM for dinner and drinks. Come early and get a good seat!
Ronny done shows with the Allman Brothers, Chuck Berry, the Coasters, the Chambers Brothers, Mike Bloomfield, Canned Heat, Dion, Bo Diddley, the Dave Clark Five, Van Morrison, Gene Vincent and Jerry Jeff Walker along the way. When he opened for Jimi Hendrix with his band, Your Local Bear, in 1967 the local newspaper referred to his music as country rock'n'roll.
He's still pretty sure that he's a rhythm'n'blues musician but his songs call to mind Hank Penny more than Prince Lala.
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There have been lots of bands since then but now he's a solo act, usually backed by some twisted version of the Nationals. He's shared recent bills with Jimmy Lafave, NRBQ, Joe Ely, the Bottle Rockets, Wilco, Patti Smith and the Fiji Mariners.
Someone coined the musical term, Americana, and he gets called that in No Depression and Billboard. He still thinks he plays the blues.....
