Ronny Wayne "Ron" Davies (January 15, 1946 – October 30, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. He was described by CMT News at the time of his death as "the family's artistic trailblazer" although "less celebrated… than his oungersister, singer/songwriter and producer

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CMT News, 10-30-2003. Retrieved 03-07-2011. The son of country singer Tex Dickerson, Ron took the name ''Davies'' after he and his siblings were adopted by their stepfather, Darby Davies. He began his professional songwriting career at the age of 17, when he wrote an entire album of songs (''Outburst!'') for the Tacoma, Washington-based

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. He released two albums of his own on A&M Records, ''Silent Song Through the Land'' and ''U. F. O,'' which he co-produced with Grammy Award-winning engineer Tommy Vicari. Davies's 1970 song "It Ain't Easy" was covered by Three Dog Night (on their album of the same name), Long John Baldry (as title song of his 1971 album), David Bowie (on his 1972 '' Ziggy Stardust'' album),

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, and Grammy Award winner Shelby Lynne, among others; his "Long, Hard Climb" by

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and

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; “Silent Song Through the Land” by the Association; "The Man I Used to Be" by Jerry Jeff Walker; and "Waitin' on a Dark-Eyed Girl" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Davies moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1985 where he wrote for Cedarwood Publishing and later for Warner/Chappell Music. Although not a professional actor, he played the lead role in the George Jones video ''

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'' in 1999. Davies died of a heart attack at his home in

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on October 30, 2003. In 2013 an album of his songs entitled ''Unsung Hero: A Tribute to the Music of Ron Davies'' was released, featuring 22 well-known artists including John Prine, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Delbert McClinton,

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and jazz legend

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Ron Davies: The Missing Link In Pacific Northwest Music History
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