# Ryan Koenig

Ryan McGrath Koenig (born October 4, 1985, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American roots musician.
Koenig's early career began in 2004 as singer and guitarist for garage-rock band The Vultures. He later formed acoustic blues group The Rum Drum Ramblers with Mat Wilson and Joey Glynn. Koenig and Glynn joined up with Pokey LaFarge in 2008 and began touring extensively as Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three. The band, later shortened to Pokey LaFarge, toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, and made appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Grand Ole Opry, The Marty Stuart Show, The Conan O'Brien Show, and in the motion picture The Lone Ranger, and many others.
Ryan Koenig's other current acts include duo with wife Kellie Everett, Southwest Watson Sweethearts, in addition to Rum Drum Ramblers, New Missouri Fox Hunters, Ryan Koenig and the Goldenrods, and appears as a guest with The Hooten Hallers, Jack Grelle, Lavender Country, and many others. His debut solo record Two Different Worlds was released by Big Muddy Records on October 13, 2017. On December 5, 2017, Koenig was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while walking during a tour stop in Charleston, South Carolina. Following the accident, Koenig ceased touring with the Pokey LaFarge band.
Koenig released a live solo recording entitled The Focal Point Recordings Vol 1 on December 29, 2018. He followed that release with Ryan Koenig and The Goldenrods, The Focal Point Recordings Vol 2, in December 2019.

## Appearances

* Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three appeared in an NPR Tiny Desk Concert series in 2011.
* Pokey and the members of the South City Three played on "I Guess I Should Go To Sleep", a track from Jack White's album Blunderbuss released on April 24, 2012.

## Discography

| Release Date | Band | Title | Record Label |
| 2005 | The Vultures | The Vultures | Big Muddy Records |
| 2006 | Casey Reid | Cephalclog | Big Muddy Records |
| 2006 | The Vultures | Spirit of Saint Louis | Big Muddy Records |
| 2007 | The Vultures | Vultures and The Hooten Hallers Meld Minds | Big Muddy Records |
| 2008 | Rum Drum Ramblers | Hey Lordy Mama Mama Get Up and Go | Big Muddy Records |
| 2009 | Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost | Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost | Big Muddy Records |
| 2009 | The Hooten Hallers | The Epic Battle of Good and Evil | |
| 2009 | Rum Drum Ramblers | Trading Dollars for Dimes | Big Muddy Records |
| 2010 | Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three | Riverboat Soul | Free Dirt Records |
| 2011 | Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three | Middle of Everywhere | Free Dirt Records |
| 2011 | Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three | Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County | Third Man Records |
| 2011 | Rum Drum Ramblers | Mean Scene | Big Muddy Records |
| 2011 | Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost | Born There | Big Muddy Records |
| 2012 | The Hooten Hallers | Greetings From Welp City | Big Muddy Records |
| 2012 | Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three | Fan It/ Shenandoah River | Evangelist Records |
| 2012 | Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three | Live in Holland | Continental Record Services |
| 2012 | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man Records |
| 2012 | Jack White | Love Interruption/ Machine Gun Silhouette | Third Man Records |
| 2012 | Jack Grelle and the Johnson Family | Jack Grelle and the Johnson Family | Big Muddy Records |
| 2013 | Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three | The Lone Ranger (soundtrack) (Original Motion Picture Score) | Walt Disney Records |
| 2013 | Pokey LaFarge | Pokey LaFarge | Third Man Records |
| 2013 | Pokey LaFarge | Central Time/ St Louis Crawl | Third Man Records |
| 2013 | Lonesome Cowboy Ryan and His Dried Up Teardrops | Lonesome Cowboy Ryan and His Dried Up Teardrops | Big Muddy Records |
| 2013 | Lonesome Cowboy Ryan and His Dried Up Teardrops | Western Lanes | Big Muddy Records |
| 2013 | Rum Drum Ramblers | XO | Big Muddy Records |
| 2014 | Al Scorch's Moving Company | Vol. 1 | |
| 2014 | Loot Rock Gang | That's Why I’ve Got To Sing | Big Muddy Records |
| 2014 | Jack Grelle | Steering Me Away | Big Muddy Records |
| 2014 | The Hobosexuals | Definitive Dirtbag: Volume 1 | Big Muddy Records |
| 2015 | Pokey LaFarge | Something in the Water | Rounder Records |
| 2015 | Tortuga | West of Eden | Big Muddy Records |
| 2016 | Pokey LaFarge | Goodbye Barcelona/Blue Morning Lullaby | Rounder Records |
| 2016 | Al Scorch | Circle Round The Signs | Bloodshot Records |
| 2016 | Southwest Watson Sweethearts | Endless Horizon | Big Muddy Records |
| 2016 | Jack Grelle | Got Dressed Up To Be Let Down | Big Muddy Records |
| 2016 | Sidney Street Shakers | Laugh My Weary Blues Away | Big Muddy Records |
| 2017 | Various Artists | Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Lo-Max, Columbia, Third Man Records |
| 2017 | The Hooten Hallers | The Hooten Hallers | Big Muddy Records |
| 2017 | Pokey LaFarge | Manic Revelations | Rounder Records |
| 2017 | Ryan Koenig | Two Different Worlds | Big Muddy Records |
| 2018 | Nick Gusman | Dear Hard Times | |
| 2018 | Ryan Koenig | The Focal Point Recordings Vol. 1 | |
| 2019 | Leann Fisher | Better Off Alone | |
| 2019 | The Opera Bell Band | Bell Slide | |
| 2019 | The Native Sons | Fringe | |
| 2019 | Ryan Koenig and The Goldenrods | The Focal Point Recordings Vol. 2 | |
| 2020 | Jack Grelle | If Not Forever | |
| 2020 | Miss Jubilee and the Yas Yas Boys | Cool It If You Can | Bigtone Records |
| 2022 | The Sapsuckers | I'll Know It When I See It | |
| 2023 | So Grand Polka Band | Party Potato | |
| 2023 | Glory 'N Perfection | Country Music | |
| 2024 | The Goldenrods | Cry Time | |

## Honors, distinctions, and awards

* 2011 Independent Music Awards: Riverboat Soul – Best Americana Album
* 2012 Independent Music Awards: Middle of Everywhere – Best Americana Album
* 2015 Something in the Water was named one of Peter Jones’ Best Folk Albums of 2015 in the Folk Department of WTJU, University of Virginia radio station.
* 2018 Named as an honoree of The Riverfront Times' STL 77