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Fun Music Information -> Ronny Morris Band
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Band Name Origins:
- The band was originally called Gladstone. The band didn't actually pick out the name. The way that happened was the manager of a club that they often played at up in Georgia called Esthers Lounge, changed the marquis to Ronny Morris Band, because someone had misplaced, lost or stolen the G letters for the marquis. When the band arrived for the show, they asked why the Marquis didn't say Gladstone. The manager said that people were always calling, or customers in the club were always asking when is Ronny's band going to play again. The manager said that most people called them Ronny's band anyway, so he put Ronny Morris Band on the Marquis because it was the closest he could come to a reference to the band without using G for Gladstone. The bassist Bill Spell said we might as well just call the band The Ronny Morris band as Ronny sang lead, played lead guitar and harmonica and wrote all of the songs, the band agreed, Ronny said "why not" and from that time on they were known as the Ronny Morris Band. That's his real name given to him by birth, so the real answer is the band decided to call it the Ronny Morris Band after the deal with the marquis at Esthers Lounge. By the way, the song Esthers Lounge Mama that is on the Tribute To Nate album, was written about a woman that frequented that club. Her name was never revealed by Ronny and it became a bit of a mystery and much controversy spawned on by the radio station dj's as to who the "mama" actually was. I talked to Ronny personally about that and he said that he and only one other person knew the name of the lady and that it will forever remain a secret. Submitted by: Barbara Stokes
- Before Ron Wood played with the Rolling Stones he owned a club in Miami. Jim Morrison of the Doors used to come in and party with Ron, when they would get loose enough they would join the band on stage and jam. Sometimes they would tell the patrons that they were locking the doors at closing time and jam until daylight and anyone that wanted to leave better go now. Everyone always stayed. Donny's father who worked as bouncer for a while, used to tell that story and they decided to call the band the Ronny Morrison Band. When Bill Spell fell ill from drug abuse in 1995 and Chicago Ed joined them, they shortened the name to Ronny Morris Band. Submitted by: Debbie
