Genres Country, Rock Role Musician Name Ron Cornelius | Instruments Guitar, banjo Occupation(s) Musician, producer | |
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Associated acts Leonard Cohen, West, Ron Cornelius and the Untouchables Band, Captain Zoom Similar People Norbert Putnam, Mac Gayden, Kenny Malone, Michael Stewart, Ketch Secor | ||
Ron Cornelius talks about working on New Morning song and album with Bob Dylan
Ron Cornelius is a session musician and producer who has played on albums by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper and Loudon Wainwright III. He is also the president of Gateway Entertainment which was established in 1986. As a producer he has produced Miko Marks's Freeway Bound album in 2007. He is also the co-writer of "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" which has been covered by many artists including Rufus Wainwright.
Contents
- Ron Cornelius talks about working on New Morning song and album with Bob Dylan
- Artist Biography
- Productions
- Session work
- Solo discography
- Session discography partial
- Links
- References
Artist Biography
In the mid-1960s Cornelius was a member Capt. Zoom & The Androids aka Captain Zoom. They released three singles including "Here Comes Captain Zoom" b/w "The Zoom". Later he was a key member of a folk country rock band called West that was formed in San Francisco in 1967 that also featured Cornelius on lead guitar and vocals, Michael Stewart on guitar. Other members were Joe Davis, Bob Claire, Jon Sagen and Lloyd Perata. The band recorded the album West in 1968 and two others.
His solo album Tin Luck released on Polydor, PD50ll featured Joe Davis on bass and Paul Distel on drums. He played both guitar and keyboards. Most of the tracks on the album were composed by him.
Productions
He produced the third album by Miko Marks which was scheduled for release in Spring 2007.
Session work
Some of the session work he has done includes work with Charles E. Daniels, Bubba Fowler at the Columbia Recording Studios at Nashville, Tennessee on March l7, 1970,. This was produced by Bob Johnston and the tracks were "Early Morning Rain", " Woogie Boogie", "Copper Kettle", "Belle Isle" and "All The Tired Horses". He has also worked alongside Charlie McCoy, Al Kooper and David Bromberg in a recording session for Bob Dylans 1973 album Dylan.