got to caitlin's at 5pm and had this submitted by 7pm on the day of the deadline. good work caitlin mccann on video, dom billett on drums. this is a new unreleased song from a future album called "kill the medicine man".
P.S. got the masters for some new tracks today. i think it's the best thing i've done so far. excited to share, more on that and tour dates soon....in the meantime coming to the west coast 2/6-2/14.
Hi,
Today Diffuser.fm premiered a new music video for a song called "Started a War" from an album called, "RONNY". My good friend, art sister, camera master Caitlin McCann of Dog Days Films shot and edited it and we co-directed it alongside my main woman and co-star Paige Fletcher with our collective sick minds. What's happening here is hopefully something very familiar if you've been in a relationship thing with another human. It is intended for laughter and "oh my god that's like SO US" kind of reactions. It is passive aggressive, i am not wearing pants and it's a day in the life of two lovers in an all too familiar ancient style quarrel. I sincerely hope you find discomfort while viewing and enjoy!
And here it is guyz, a whole months worth of hometown philadelphia lovin. lots of very great friends to be joining on these night. do not miss it. and be smart and buy pre-sale tickets and you can see 20 perfect bands for $35, best monthlong festival in the world x 10. GO HERE AND SEARCH "RON GALLO" FOR TICKETS.
some of these dates are surrounded by little mini-tours, like this one with mah pals in Happiness, who are some guys from Deer Tick and a guy from Ravi Shavi.
hai geniez, take a looksee at this new baby film for a song about a BAAAD NIGHT. It was shot and edited by my good pal, Caitlin McCann and stars a buncha my wiccan babe friends and postal male models.
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"This balance seems to be the grounding force behind Ronny: by blending bizarre humor with a unique and light take on familiar tropes, Gallo actually manages to instill fantastical yet all-too-relatable images in listeners’ heads. Like the many great artists who presumably influenced this Kentucky-raised songwriter – Dylan, Young, Nelson, and many familiar others – Gallo accomplishes the enviable feat of being hilarious and completely earnest at the same time.
Despite all of his irreverence, Gallo does not write music that alienates listeners. Granted, this album won’t be for everybody: Ronny won’t change your mind if you don’t already like traditional American music, and these songs don’t kickstart parties the way Toy Soldiers might. But for the initiated who wait all year for folk festivals, Gallo’s artistic evolution is worth a tremendous amount of your attention."
-WXPN
"RONNY", the posthumous release from Ron Gallo (R.I.P.) out 6/24/14 on American Diamond Recordings. Produced by Reed Kendall at Weird Candle Studios.
Video by Caitlin McCann at Dog Days Productions.
americandiamondrecordings.com
In a major attempt to eventually be reborn as skyscraper I am naturally drawn to little baby guitars. Then one day, my friend Joe Fletcher introduced me to a little company out of San Francisco called The Loar. Then all of the sudden, Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon kicked in and I started seeing this babes everywhere. Beautiful small body acoustic guitars that sounded like boardsliding on a rainbow. Just now they have welcomed me into their family and I couldn't be more excited! Some good brothers I have over there too: Joe Fletcher, Joshua Black Wilkins, Justin Townes Earle, Shakey Graves and more!
"CHECK IT OUT!" - Steve Brule
Back in December i spent the morning with the awesome peoples over at Kettle Pot Tracks to record some songs. Well, they liked it and so made it into an album! Along with some videos and dumb things I say, often.