Ronnie Gilbert

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Ronnie Gilbert was also the name of the bass player for the rock band Blues Magoos.

Ronnie Gilbert (born 1926) is a well-known American folk-singer, one of the members of The Weavers with Pete Seeger. The Weavers were an influential folk-singing group that was blacklisted during a period of anti-communist hysteria, because their folk-songs honoured ordinary working people, and the groups left-wing sympathies.

Various well-known younger singers honour Ms Gilbert for the example she set for them, and the influence she had on their careers, particularly Holly Near, with whom Gilbert has released two duet albums: 1983's Lifelines and 1997's The Train Still Runs. Near and Gilbert also joined Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger for the 1985 quartet album HARP (the word HARP being an acronym for "Holly, Arlo, Ronnie and Pete").

External links

[Official Ronnie Gilbert Website]

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