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Discography
Phineas Gage-..about last night--2001
Walkman Light- self titled EP--2004
Ronny Criss- Mercy Mechanics--2007
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Bio
Ronny Criss, formerly from Chicago now based out of Nashville, TN, is a singer/songwriter whos been writing and performing since his late teens. Originally forming a band back in school at the University of Illinois, Ronny played with a solid group of friends who all came from different backgrounds to form Phineas Gage.
Upon graduation three members of the band moved to Chicago in the spring of 2002 and continued under the name Walkman Light. This incarnation of the band took on a more roots rock/60s & 70s rock vibe and abandoned their previous more college/acoustic rock sound. The last two years Ronnys music has been turning corners and been moving in a direction more closely related to his childhood roots.
Born in Forest City, AR, Ronny spent the first five years of his life in a very rural country town 60 miles west of Memphis. At the age of five he moved to Chicago, but spent every summer there after until high school with his old man in Arkansas, many of those summers working directly with his father on a numerous farms near his home town. This experience left a lasting impression on a very creative and insightful young child.
Ronnys music now leans more towards an alternative Country or Folk based rock sound that pulls from a huge pool of artists that inspired him along the way. His influences include Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones and U2 and more modern artist such as Ryan Adams, Ben Harper and Dave Mathews.
Over the last few years Ronny has played at many of Chicagos popular music venues, places like The Elbo Room, Joes on Weed St., The Pontiac Café, Wise Fools Pub and even the VIP Lounge at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, IL for Concerts with Alan Jackson and Big N Rich. 2005 was a good year. In 2006 Ronny continued make great strides in Nashville, TN proving to be a real up and coming talent in Music City. A powerful songwriter and artist with a gift for the heart of the matter, Ronny began working with producer Chris Floyd on recording his forth coming EP "A Perfect View" due for release in Spring 2007.
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