Family Business (Ronnie Penque album)

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Family Business
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2019
StudioThe Jam Room Music Complex, Howell, New Jersey
Genre Rock
Length49:26
Label Bayland
Producer Ronnie Penque
Ronnie Penque chronology
Only Road Home
(2010)
Family Business
(2019)

Family Business is an album by Ronnie Penque. His second solo album, it was released on August 30, 2019.

Contents

Ronnie Penque is a singer, songwriter, and musician. He is perhaps best known for playing bass guitar in the band New Riders of the Purple Sage. The musicians on Family Business include NRPS members Buddy Cage, David Nelson, Michael Falzarano, and Johnny Markowski, along with other like-minded musical artists such as Mark Karan and Mookie Siegel. [1] [2] [3]

Critical reception

In the Asbury Park Press , Alex Biese wrote, "The album, recorded at the Jam Room Music Complex in Howell, is a lush, 10-track survey of the jammier side of American music, from the adventurous anthem "Wookie Kids" to the lush and tender ballad "Wondering" and the country-rock shimmer of "Emma Lynn". Half the album has the distinct, shining presence of Penque's New Riders bandmate Buddy Cage on pedal steel guitar." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ronnie Penque except where noted.

  1. "Crawford" – 4:04
  2. "Midnight Medicine" (Penque, Deborah Grabien) – 5:35
  3. "Wookie Kids" (Penque, Michael Falzarano) – 6:54
  4. "Emma Lynn" – 3:15
  5. "Wondering" – 6:12
  6. "Shave That Rock" – 5:41
  7. "Will I See You Tonight" – 3:16
  8. "The Fugitive" (Casey Anderson, Liz Anderson) – 3:12
  9. "Wish You Luck" – 6:08
  10. "That's All" – 5:01

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Biese, Alex (September 27, 2019). "Ronnie Penque of New Riders of the Purple Sage Unveils Family Business Solo Album". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. "Ronnie Penque to Release Family Business on 8/30". Grateful Web. August 25, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. "Ronnie Penque: Family Business". AllMusic. Retrieved October 5, 2019.