Ron
Irving
Born in Powell River, B.C., Ron Irving was first exposed to
music in high school through an award winning swing band program.
He began teaching guitar when he was 14 years old and at
16 was playing weekends at the local legion, dances and weddings.
By age 21 Ron had already been on the road playing with a
pop group throughout western Canada before moving to
Vancouver
where he was soon working six nights a week with various
pick-up bands. Then Ron
formed a new band, Bootleg, and in no time two of his songs, “In
My Arms Tonight”
and “Ordinary People”, were number one hits across
the nation. Over the next five years Bootleg recorded a
further
six Ron Irving compositions charted top ten and "In
My Arms Tonight" received further recognition
with an award from the Canadian Music Publishers Assn.
By the mid 90s Ron was a regular visitor to popular music’s
last, great songwriters’ Mecca, Nashville, home to some
of the best material being written at that time. Before you
could say ‘Printer’s Alley’ Anne Murray decided
she had to have Ron’s “Bluebird Lullaby” as
her next single.
An impressive track record, to be sure, but it all just serves
as a prelude for Into The Blue, an amazingly eclectic dozen
songs performed by Ron Irving himself. Pop, Modern Country,
Blues, and World Beat music ring out from this album as master
songsmith Ron Irving proves yet again there’s only one
music genre he’s interested in - the good stuff.
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