Ronnie Penque (born March 23, 1962) is a bassist, singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years. He has been the bassist for the country rock band

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 in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. The band is sometimes referred ...

since 2005. The New Riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969. The band originally included members of the

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...

including Phil Lesh and

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

. Penque was also lead singer and bass player for Melvin Seals and JGB. Melvin Seals is the keyboard player for the original

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. The band regularly tour ...

. For the last 30 years Penque has worked other New York area bands including Ripple, Stir Fried and Splintered Sunlight out of

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, Pennsylvania. When not working with NRPS Ronnie is busy with his other bands, the Ronnie Penque Band and the Penque-Diomede Band, or doing session work. On November 2, 2010, Penque released his first solo album, titled ''

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, ...

'', on Bayland Records. In 2018 Penque founded Panama Dead, a band dedicated to the music of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

Discography

*'' Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot'' –

(2007) *'' Where I Come From'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2009) *''

'' – Ronnie Penque Band (2010) *'' 17 Pine Avenue'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2012) *''

Family Business A family business is a commercial organization in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family, related by blood or marriage or adoption, who has both the ability to influence the vision of the business and the willingn ...

'' – Ronnie Penque (2019)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Penque, Ronnie Living people 1962 births Place of birth missing (living people) New Riders of the Purple Sage members 20th-century American bass guitarists JGB (band) members