Ronnie Dawson

An only kid, given birth to in Dallas and raised in Waxahachie, TX to some swing bandleader dad (Pinky Dawson), Ronnie Dawson launched his music profession while still in his teenagers. Forming a music group, Ronnie Dee as well as the D Guys, he gained a talent competition on the Big D Jamboree in Dallas ten weeks within a row. He agreed upon with Gene Vincent’s supervisor, Ed MacLemore and arrived close to success like a rockabilly guitarist/vocalist. His 1st two singles, “Actions Packed” b/w “I Make the Like” and “Rockin’ Bone fragments,” (acknowledged to “The Blonde Bomber-Ronnie Dawson”) offered well regionally and led to a agreement with Dick Clark’s label, Swan, and an appearance on Country wide Bandstand. His edges for Swan had been well received, but solid Dawson like a countrified teenager idol, rather than rockabilly wildcat. Dawson’s fresh success found a halt once the past due-’50’s payola scandal pressured Clark to close the record business, leaving Dawson with out a label. Dawson produced several unsuccessful efforts to salvage his profession, including a 1961 solitary for Columbia, “Perform Do Perform” b/w “Who’s Done Been Right here,” credited towards the imaginary personality Commonwealth Jones. Limited by a sideman placement, Dawson toured using the Light Crust Doughboys and performed drums on Paul & Paula’s “Hey Paula” and Bruce Chanel’s “Hey Baby.” An associate from the Dallas-based Levee Performers in the 1960s, he performed having a country-rock music group, Steelrail, in the 1970s and ’80s and documented industrial jingles for Starving Jack port pancakes, Jax ale, and Cici’s pizza. Although he continued to be little-known in his indigenous nation, Dawson was hailed as a rock and roll pioneer in Britain. Signing using the English No Strike label in 1986, he documented three amazing albums: Monkey Defeat!, Rockinitis, and Rockin’ & Rollin’. The label also released a compilation of his previously recordings, Rockin’ Bone fragments. Dawson documented a live recording, Live! in the Continental Golf club, in Austin, TX, in January 1998. In Oct 1998, he came back to the saving studio room to record Even more NEGATIVE TRAITS(released in 1999), his 1st studio saving in america in almost three years. His middle-’80s rediscovery resulted in Dawson’s name and music winding up in a number of areas. In 1995, Dawson produced a triumphant appearance on NIGHT TIME with Conan O’Brien. 1998 was a watershed calendar year for the Blonde Bomber, furthermore to documenting an recording, his music “Yum, Yum, Yum” was presented in Mike Nichols’ film Major Colours and Izzy Stradlin of Weapons n’ Roses documented his melody “Up Leap the Devil.” The next year two tracks from More NEGATIVE TRAITS were contained in the film Simpatico. His tour to get more NEGATIVE TRAITS was announced as his last rockabilly tour, although he continuing to execute at celebrations and unique concert occasions. In 2002, Dawson was identified as having throat tumor and fans within the U.S. and overseas held advantage concerts to greatly help him purchase medical costs. The Blonde Bomber finally succumbed on Sept 30, 2003. He was 64.