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new stir fried , ripple , ronnie penque band riders of the purple sage , jgb , rock 1978 -- present 23 march 1962 solo_singer ronnie and leaning against a wooden fence penque , wearing blue jeans and a jacket bass penque.jpg ronnie penque
 ronnie penque
ronnie penque

ronnie penque is a bassist , singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years .
penque is most notably recognized for his work with the current new riders of the purple sage .
the new riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in san francisco , california in 1969 .
the band originally included members of the grateful dead including phil lesh and jerry garcia .
penque was also lead singer and bass player for melvin seals and jgb .
melvin seals is the keyboard player for the original jerry garcia band .
for the last 30 years penque has worked other new york area bands including ripple , stir fried and splintered sunlight out of philadelphia , pennsylvania .
when not working with nrps ronnie is busy with his band , the ronnie penque band , or doing session work .
on november 2 , 2010 penque released his first solo album , titled `` only road home '' , on bayland records .
