Sunday, April 6, 2014, actor/singer-songwriter Ronny Cox will be the "star" performer at Harmony House Concerts from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Accompanying Ronny will be the remarkable accordion player & pianist, Radoslav Lorković ("Rad") and Bruce Bower, acoustic guitarist and back-up singer.
Visit www.RonnyCox.com for videos, song clips, and more information about his career. Read more about Ronny below in his brief "bio" and in some of his quotes about his greatest loves — his late wife Mary and his songwriting.
“I enjoy all kinds of music and I try to bring that eclectic approach to the music I play," Ronny says. “I'm interested in weaving a tapestry of songs and stories with an over-all arc that eventually comes together and tells us something about 'the human condition'. I know that sounds kinda pompous, but that's what I'm trying to do — and to have a few laughs along the way."
When performing live, Ronny likes to play with the lights up. Instead of having a spotlight shining on him, staring into darkness, he prefers to see listeners' faces.
"The closer I am to the audience the more it feels like a shared experience. I want my shows to feel like it used to — sitting around the front porch or the kitchen table sharing music with family and friends."
To make reservations for Ronny's show at Wildscape Acres, 10 miles north of Bonham and 65 miles NE of Dallas, call 903/583-2661. Indicate how many seats you desire and your contact information (e-mail addresses preferred). The suggested donation for this show is $20 per person with all proceeds going to the artists. To prepay, make all checks to Ronny Cox and mail to Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418, to be received by April 2. Refunds will be made for cancellations made by that same date. Guests may also pay at the door.
Ronny's last performance at Harmony House was a "sold out" show with a waiting list. If you make a reservation, please have the respect and courtesy to "show up" or expect to pay, unless you made cancellations by April 2.
Ronny will perform two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission for guests to enjoy the treats and bottomless cups of coffee, tea, or punch provided by hosts, Faye and Scott. You will be able to enjoy Ronny's stories and songs in a very intimate fashion in this vintage home reclaimed and brought to the natural landscape of Wildscape Acres (www.WildscapeAcres.com).
Guests are seated in both the living room and dining room, but they are free to mingle and relax at the break and after the show. On the breakfast room table, there will be a basket for optional $1 cash donations to help defray the hosts' expenses.
Following the show, there will be a Southwestern Potluck Dinner. Faye & Scott will provide assorted tamales, and guests who opt to stay for dinner are asked to bring other appropriate sides. When making reservations, it helps Faye to plan if you indicate whether you will be staying for dinner and what you might like to bring. For those who want to "jam" after dinner, there will be a Song Circle, so bring your instruments (toe tapping and lap drumming also counts) and voices...or just stay and listen to some music from our local talent.
Ronny Cox--A brief "bio"
Ronny Cox is an artist who wears a variety of hats –– from musician to actor to family man. And now he’s an author. But his first love is music and his style is eclectic. He confesses he has no set-in-stone criteria for picking or writing songs.
Ronny grew up in New Mexico listening to Texas Swing tunes, but then played rock & roll in high school, and was eventually drawn to folk music after graduating from college. Born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico he grew up in Portales, NM. He’s the son of Lounette (née Rucker) and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a dairy and played guitar for all the local fiddlers when the overalls were peeled off. Ronny‘s craft as a singer/songwriter is a testament to his life on the Southwestern desert. The third of five children and a father to two sons of his own, Ronny brings his extraordinarily view of life into a magnetic, likeable, onstage persona.
His second big film was BOUND FOR GLORY, Hal Ashby’s film about Woody Guthrie. In fact the year 2012 marked his 40th hit via his book, Dueling Banjos: The Deliverance of Drew. Warner Bros Home Video released a deluxe version of the film and, in addition, Ronny and his friends went into the recording studio one day in February and five and a half hours later came out with Ronny, Rad and Karen featuring Radislov Lorkovic and Karen Mal.
The truth is Ronny has been writing songs and telling stories for over four decades. Only in the last ten years has the world seen him evolve from being an “actor who sings” into knowing him as a “singer who happens to have a pretty fair career acting.”
He still takes acting jobs if the project interests him, and the money is right, and it doesn't interfere with his music schedule.