Ron Herring
My name is Ron Herring. I`ve been a professional musician for over 30 years. As the son of a musician, my love of music began at early age, through grade school and then high school I was a trumpet and guitar player. Then I took up trombone and saxes in college. I began my professional career as a bass player. After some years I switched again to guitar and performed as lead singer and guitar player in an 8 piece band, "Burgundy Express" for about 11 years. Most of that time was spent on the islands of Hawaii, though we did play all over the western half of the U.S. and Canada and even Japan. I`ve played onstage with some of the greats in rock music. Sly Stone, Billy Preston, the Righteous Brothers, Burt Bacharach, Jack Jones, and even did some studio work for Stevie Wonder.
As a single I`ve played all over the west coast from California to Washington in clubs, cafes, casinos and restaurants. Onstage I use midi files with my own added background vocals, and sing and play synthesized guitar live. Strong lead vocals and guitar solos are my trademark.
I have currently for the last 7 years been performing at the "Bahama Breeze", a Caribbean restaurant and lounge here in Seattle. For this job I play Caribbean, Caribbean jazz, and Latin. But I`m also very strong at Easy Listening, Smooth Jazz, Country, Standards, Rhythm and Blues, just about anything the audience desires, from the 30`s up to today`s contemporary music. I`m very comfortable with any age group.
About 2 years ago I began to specialize in retirement and assisted living facilities. I currently have 55 retirement and assisted living communities that I perform for in the Puget sound area.
SAMPLE SONGLIST
3 Little Birds; It`s 5 0`clock Somewhere; 2001 Space Odyssey; Achey Breaky Heart; After the Lovin`; All My Ex`s Live in Texas; All Shook Up; Always On My Mind; Amarillo By Morning; Auld Lang Syne; Autumn Leaves; Bad Moon Rising; Bahama; Beer Barrel Polka; Best of My Love; Big Yellow Taxi; Black Magic Woman; Blue Bayou; Blue Boy; Blue Moon; Blue Spanish Eyes; Blues Club; Boogie On Raggae Woman; Under the Boardwalk; Boogie Woogie Bugle boy; Boogie Woogie Choo-choo Train; Boot Scootin` Boogie; Born On the Bayou; Brandy; Brazil; Break My Stride; Breezin`; Brown Eyed Girl; Don`t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue; Cabdriver; Caldonia; Call Me All; Caribbean Queen; Carribe; Chatanooga Choo Choo; Cheeseburger In Paradise; Christmas Song; Will It Go Round In Circles; Cocojamba; Cisco Kid; Copacabana; I`m Crazy; Crystal Blue Pursuasion; Daddy`s Home; Dancing In the Dark; Make Me Do for Love; The Way You Do the Things You Do; Sittin` On the Dock of the Bay; Don`t Be Cruel; Down On the Corner; Dream; Driving My Life Away; I`m Easy; El Paso; Everybody`s Talking; Everyday People; Evil Ways; Feelin` Alright; Feliz Navidad; Fool If You Think It`s Over; Fool`s Rush In; For the Goodtimes; For the Love of You; Friends In Low Places; From a Jack to a King; the Gambler; Get Back; Get Up Stand Up; Girl From Ipanema; Good Lovin`; Goodtime Charlie`s Got the Blues; Heard It Thru the Grapevine; Ghostriders in the Sky; Groovin`; Hello Stranger; Hey Good Lookin`; Honky Tonk Woman; Hot Fun In the Summertime; Hotel California; How Blue Can You Get; I Can See Clearly; I Fall to Pieces; I Feel Good; I`ll Never Smile Again; I Only Have Eyes for You; I Shot the Sheriff; I`ll Never smile Again; I`ll Be Around; In the Air; In the Summertime; Is This Love; Johnny B. Goode; Jailhouse Rock; Jamaican Farewell; Kansas City; Key Largo; Kokomo; Lady in Red; Last Call; Last Night; Last Waltz With You; Lay Down Sally; Let the Goodtimes Roll; Let`em In; Little Darlin`; Little Star; Lilly; Lion Sleeps Tonight; Lookin` for Love; Lost in the 50`s; I Love a Rainy Night; Love Is Alive; You`ve Lost That Lovin` Feeling; Lowrider; Mack the Knife; Make It With You; Mambo #5; Margaritaville; Mas Que Nada; Masquerade; Matilda; Memphis; Mercy Mercy Me; Midnight Hour; Got My Mojo Workin`; Morning; Mother and Child Reunion; Mucara Samba; Mustang Sally; My Girl; Neon Moon; My Next Broken Heart; Nightlife; No Shoes No Shirt No Problem; Nothin` But a Woman; Ob-bla-di, Ob-bla-da; Oh Lonesome Me; Old Time Rock`n`Roll; On and On; On the Beach; On the Road Again; One Love; Oye Como Va; Paper Doll; Paradise; Peggy Sue; Perfida; Pink Cadillac; A Pirate Looks At 40; Pretty Woman; Reallo; Red Dress; Red Red Wine; Please Release Me; Ride Like the Wind; Rio De Janiero Blues; Roofgarden; Route 66; Ruby; Sailing; Sail On Sailor; Satin Doll; Sentimental Journey; Shadow of Your Smile; Since I Don`t Have You; Sinoha; Sleepwalk; Hang On Sloopy; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; Smokin` Gun; Smooth Operator; Some Beach; Soulful Strut; Spooky; Stay Just a Little Bit Longer; You`re Still a Young Man; Stir It Up; Suavercito; Summertime Blues; Sweet Home Chicago; Sweet Little Angel; Sympton; Takin` Care of Business; Teddy Bear; Tell it Like it Is; Tell Me Momma; Tennessee Waltz; Tequila Sunrise; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; There Goes My Baby; This Is; The Thrill Is Gone; Till You Come Back to Me; Too Hot; Trashy Women; Unchain My Heart; Unchained Melody; Very Superstitious; Volcano; I Don`t Want to Wait in Vain; Walkin` After Midnight; Walkin` the Dawg; Waltz Across Texas; Watermelon Man; Way of the World; The Way You Look Tonight; What`s Going On; When a Man Loves a Woman; Wooley Bully; Yellow Bird; You Always Hurt the Ones You Love; You are My Sunshine; Your Cheatin` Heart; You`re Mine