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For the past thirty years, Ron Short has been the creative force behind the internationally known Roadside Theater. He has written a dozen plays and co-authored another half-dozen more in collaboration with groups as diverse as the Pueblo Zuni in New Mexico and Puerto Rican jazz musicians from the Bronx in New York City. His plays have been produced and performed throughout the world and he has toured and performed in almost every state in the union, except Alaska and Hawaii. (If anyone from Hawaii or Alaska should happen to read this, I’m ready to go!)
Though he has traveled all over the world, he has never strayed far from the music of his home in the mountains of Appalachia.His work is steeped in the traditions of Old Regular Baptist singing, storytelling, family bands and joyous musical family gatherings.
He has performed on, produced or written the music for a dozen music albums, but it is live performance that he truly loves….where all the elements of culture, story and music come together.
Ladies and gentlemen… master storyteller,musician,songwriter,singer…Ron Short!!
Dirty Linen Magazine said of the songs on the album Wings To Fly, “It’s the stuff of earthy life, and the skill of Short’s work in the tradition suggests that some of his songs may well become part of that tradition in another couple decades.”
“His music is the real deal: the music that came from Britain and Ireland, augmented by those who toiled in the mines and on the farms, and evolved into American folk music.” —CMT (Country Music Today) Magazine
“This is entirely fresh, contemporary work, but it captures the heart and soul of the Celtic roots and the foundation of traditional old time mountain music. . . Wings to Fly is completely unique, timeless work.” —John Wolfe, Colorado Bluegrass Music Association
“Ron Short’s songs in the production ranged from foot-stomping hoedowns to elegiac, heart rending ballads. His music alone is worth the price of admission.” San Francisco Chronicle
“Ron Short’s songs sound as though they were written by a rural Bruce Springsteen.” Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Neb.