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 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 including Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia. 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 List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

, 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'', 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'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2007) *'' Where I Come From'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage (2009) *'' Only Road Home'' – Ronnie Penque Band (2010) *''

17 Pine Avenue ''17 Pine Avenue'' is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was released on March 6, 2012. ''17 Pine Avenue'' is the New Riders' second studio album, and third album overall, to feature their post-2005 lineup of ...

'' – 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)

Notes

External links

* * * {{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