Ronnie Penque is a bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

, singer and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years. Penque is most notably recognized for his work with the current New Riders of the Purple Sage

New Riders of the Purple Sage

New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969, and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. Their best known song is "Panama Red"...

. The New Riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969. The band originally included members of the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

 including Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....

 and Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...

. Penque was also lead singer and bass player for Melvin Seals and JGB

JGB (band)

JGB is an American rock band led by Melvin Seals, who plays electric organ. Its mission is to continue the musical legacy of the Jerry Garcia Band, of which Seals was a long time member.-History:...

. Melvin Seals is the keyboard player for the original Jerry Garcia Band

Jerry Garcia Band

The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side-projects until his death in 1995...

. For the last 30 years Penque has worked other New York area bands including Ripple, Stir Fried and Splintered Sunlight out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When not working with NRPS Ronnie is busy with his band, the Ronnie Penque Band, or doing session work. On November 2, 2010 Penque released his first solo album, titled Only Road Home

Only Road Home

Only Road Home is an album by the American musical artist Ronnie Penque. Penque is best known as the bassist and singer for the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Only Road Home is Penque's first solo album. It was released on November 2, 2010 on the Bayland Records label...

, on Bayland Records.

Discography

• Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
  Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
  Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot is a concert video and an album by the American country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded in 2006 at Turkey Trot Acres, a hunting lodge in Candor, New York...
  
  – New Riders of the Purple Sage
  New Riders of the Purple Sage
  New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969, and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. Their best known song is "Panama Red"...
  
   (2007)
• Where I Come From
  Where I Come From (album)
  Where I Come From is an album by the American country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded in 2008, and released on June 2, 2009. Following Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot, it was the second album of new material released after the New Riders re-formed in 2005, and the band's...
  
  – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2009)
• Only Road Home
  Only Road Home
  Only Road Home is an album by the American musical artist Ronnie Penque. Penque is best known as the bassist and singer for the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Only Road Home is Penque's first solo album. It was released on November 2, 2010 on the Bayland Records label...
  
  – Ronnie Penque Band (2010)

External links

• Ronnie Penque
• New Riders of the Purple Sage bios
• NRPS news
• http://www.djconcertproductions.com/Dead/BrassLantern.html
• http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=4765
• The Ronnie Penque Band
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7crrjSMC4rw
• http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/01/26/player-spotlight-ronnie-penque/