Ron Elliott's new cd "GOLDEN HITS & SCARLET RIBBONS" was unveiled at the International Steel Guitar convention in St Louis Mo over Labor Day weekend. Ron was also inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame at the convention in 2009. If you are a fan of steel guitar, you will definately want to add this cd to your collection as a momento of Ron's induction.
Tracks include:
WHITE SPORT COAT
GONE
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY
LOVE IS NO EXCUSE
NOBODY'S DARLIN
AFRAID
MR. MOON
LEGEND IN MY TIME
TOO SOON TO KNOW
SOFT RAIN
JEALOUS HEART
SCARLET RIBBONS
In July 1966, Ron become a member of Stonewall Jackson's Minute Men. While with Stonewall, he played on the Grand Ole Opry; played on Country Music television shows with 'Wall'; recorded on many of Stonewall's sessions; and toured the U. S. and Canada.
After leaving Stonewall, Ron joined Grand Ole Opry's Jack Greene's Band, which later became the Jack Greene/Jeannie Seely Show with The Jolly Giants. In his eight years with the Jolly Giants, Ron played the Grand Ole Opry (both audio and TV) spots; played for the Grammy Awards when it was held in Nashville; played for the United Nations Show in Washington, D. C.; did recording sessions with both Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely; played many Country Music televison shows with Jack and Jeannie; played the last Saturday night at the Ryman Auditorium and the first Saturday night in the new Grand Ole Opry House, which was attended by the President of the United States and Jack, Jeannie and the Jolly Giants were the only act to perform in front of the President and First Lady; and he also played on the Jack and Jeannie live album which was the first live album to be recorded from the new Opry House.
In the mid 1970's Ron left the road and went to work at the Sho-Bud Guitar factory where he helped design new models, both steel guitars and amps. While working at Sho-Bud, Ron was instrumental in the design of the new Sho-Bud Super Pro with the aluminum necks and changing the body dimension. He also designed the A6th pedal on the Sho-Bud single neck that changes the E9th tuning to A6th, and helped with the design of the new Sho-Bud Stage/Studio 500 amp. During his time with Sho-Bud, which became Sho-Bud/Baldwin/Gretsch, he held seminars for promotion and sales of the steel guitar in Tennessee and Arkansas; and taught steel guitar lessons. He also designed and wrote an instructional manual for the Sho-Bud Maverick that included audio.
When Ron was not touring or working steady with a band, he free lanced and toured with Ernest Tubb; Kitty Wells; Cal Smith; Justin Tubb; Johnny Bush; Ray Price; Melba Montgomery and others. Ron spent the next eight years playing and touring with another Grand Ole Opry artist - Charlie Louvin. While a member of Charlie's band, he again worked on the Grand Ole Opry, both radio and TV spots. Their tour dates took them all over the U. S. and Canada. Ron had to leave Charlie's band when the Opry management made a new ruling about the size of the artist's bands and Charlie had to cut some of his band members.
Ron is very proud of the awards that have been presented to him. He has received an award from: PSGA (Pedal Steel Guitar Association); Golden Bar Award-BJS Bars; R. O. P. E. (Reunion of Professional Entertainers) Musician Of The Year Award and the Legends Award from NTSGA (North Tennessee Steel Guitar Association). Ron was inducted into the steel guitar hall of fame in 2009.
