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    Ronny Cox (Sen. Kinsey) in the news

    From NewsOK.com:

    http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?
    ID=1265907&pic=none&TP=getentertainment

    or

    http://tinyurl.com/26qmf

    Ronny Cox sees link between folk music, sci-fi
    2004-06-18
    By Renee Lawrence
    Assistant Features Editor


    Ronny Cox remembers when he was a struggling musician and actor in
    the 1960s and his wife, Mary, was working on her doctorate in
    chemistry at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. At a pub on
    Capitol Hill called Mr. Henry's, Cox played folk music downstairs
    while public schoolteacher Roberta Flack sang R&B upstairs. Both went
    on to successful careers -- Flack as a singer and Cox as an actor.
    Ronny Cox

    This weekend at Trek Expo in Tulsa, Cox returns to his musical roots,
    performing songs and stories from his latest compact disc in one part
    of the Expo Center while, very likely, Klingons conspire in another.
    It may seem an unlikely mix -- folk music and science fiction -- but
    it makes sense to Cox, who captained the Enterprise in a "Star Trek:
    The Next Generation" two-parter, has had a recurring role
    in "Stargate SG-1" and has starred in such sci-fi feature films
    as "Total Recall" and "RoboCop."

    "First of all, I didn't realize what a synergy there was between folk
    music fans and sci-fi fans," Cox said in a recent phone interview
    from Kerrville, Texas, where he was attending that town's annual folk
    music festival.

    "I knew when I played here at the Kerrville Folk Festival that when
    people would come up to me afterwards and want to talk about the
    music, they also wanted to talk about 'Star Trek' and
    about 'Stargate.' And I kept saying, what is this? And then I
    realized, if you get to thinking about it, nearly all the folk music
    fans are computer people. Somehow, there's such a crossover there,
    and it's the same with sci-fi fans."

    Cox turned down offers to appear at fan conventions until earlier
    this year when a promoter in England made him an irresistible deal:
    come to the convention and play your music. Trek Expo marks his first
    U.S. convention appearance, but he's looking at doing more after the
    overwhelming fan reaction in London.

    "It was the most wonderful, attentive, with-it audience I've ever
    played for. It was just amazing. It was a little intimidating in a
    way, because the band guys all say normally we have to do something
    to prove we're worthy, and these guys were willing participants from
    the get-go," Cox said.

    Cox, who jokingly says he was in nearly every movie made in the '80s,
    got his big acting break in 1972's "Deliverance," which co-starred
    Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty. It just missed being his
    big musical break, too. During filming, director John Boorman wanted
    Cox, who was hired because he was also a musician, to go to Atlanta
    to record the song "Dueling Banjos" for the movie's sound track.

    This being his first time in front of a camera, Cox said he was
    nervous and didn't want to miss canoe practice and rehearsal time.
    After pleading with Boorman and convincing the director that he would
    match the playback note for note, Cox won his day in the canoe but
    ultimately missed the boat on the song that would end up being a hit.

    "So, did I play it? Yes. Did I match it note for note? Yes. But when
    push comes to shove, is that me on the sound track? No. That cost me
    a lot of money. One of the great, bright decisions I've made in my
    life," Cox said with a laugh.

    Since that time, Cox's acting career has far eclipsed his music
    career, though he has always sought roles that would make use of both
    talents. His next big film was 1976's "Bound for Glory," the biopic
    about Oklahoma-born folksinger Woody Guthrie. Cox said that movie was
    one of the great joys of his career, not only because he got to work
    with director Hal Ashby but because Guthrie had been his early
    musical inspiration.

    Cox, 65, said he felt part of the Dust Bowl era growing up in
    Portales, N.M., and knew all of Woody's songs, which so characterized
    that period and became the fabric of Cox's musical life.

    "That's really what brought me to music were Woody's songs and
    especially Woody's whole concept of sharing. Woody encouraged people
    to make up your own words to the music. If his words didn't
    necessarily mean something to you, make up your own," he said.

    "And I think in many ways that's what encouraged me as a songwriter
    was ... because it's really daunting at first to think of writing
    this song, this piece, where every word is supposed to mean
    something, whereas Woody sort of demystified that."

    As Cox kept hitting the right notes with his acting career, he was
    content to leave the music mostly at home, but only because he had
    two musician-sons there available for spur-of- the-moment jam
    sessions.

    Cox said the Tulsa concert will be a family affair for Father's Day
    weekend with sons Brian and John joining him on stage and his wife
    accompanying him on the trip. Musicians Matt Margucci and Travis
    Parker will also perform with Cox.

    "That's the biggest thrill in the world -- getting to play music with
    your kids, especially, especially when they are good," he said.

    Television innovator Steven Bochco's concept series "Cop Rock," a
    musical police drama that aired in 1990 and "failed gloriously," Cox
    said, became part of the catalyst that got him back into music.

    "I loved that show so much, and when it closed, that was just when my
    youngest son was leaving home. And, you know, you hear about women,
    mothers, suffering from the empty nest syndrome. Well, I'm not saying
    Mary didn't suffer, but I don't think she suffered nearly as much I
    did. Because, when John was gone and I no longer had my guy to play
    music with, I was like lost. And I had had so much fun on that show,
    and I realized how much I missed the music," he said.

    In fact, Cox says, he sees the music becoming more important than the
    acting and hopes to play as many as 120 dates a year in the future.

    "With music, there can be a profound one- on-one sharing. And that's
    the opiate that brings me back to the music all the time. So, the
    thing I always strive for in my shows is as personal a connection
    with the audience as I can possibly get."

    What: "Songs, Stories and Out and Out Lies."
    Where: Exposition Center at Expo Square, 4145 E 21 St., Tulsa. Enter
    behind the Golden Driller statue.

    When: 10 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

    Tickets: $20. Can be purchased at Trek Expo, at (918) 838-3388 or
    online at www.starbase21ok.com.

    Other: Ronny Cox will also appear on stage at 1 p.m. Sunday at Trek
    Expo.



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    #2
    I like Ronny Cox in Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2. Cool stuff
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      #3
      Very interesting article about Ronny Cox. I had no idea he performed at the Kerrville festival - I'll have to check it out next year and see if he'll be there again. Would love to see him live.

      I particularly enjoyed the story about the "Dueling Banjos" theme from Deliverance. Talk about a missed opportunity.
      Life is hard...and it's harder if you're stupid

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        #4
        Thanks, Morjana. Printing it out to read later.

        I had the pleasure of meeting Ronny and going to the concert this weekend during Trek Expo. His work is comparable to that of the late Harry Chapin and Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen, Jr. I recommend the experience!

        Ronny and his band will be here (San Antonio, TX) on September 16. It's apparently a benefit for the Woodlawn Theatre organized by the International Folk Culture Center (IFCC) at Our Lady of the Lake University. I've permission to post the website (not yet up), www.woodlawntheater.org, email for John Davis, [email protected], and phone number, 210-738-1291.

        I'm definitely planning to support the Sept. concert, anyone want to join me?

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          #5
          I had the pleasure of meeting Ronny and going to the concert this weekend during Trek Expo. His work is comparable to that of the late Harry Chapin and Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen, Jr. I recommend the experience!
          He performed at Trek Expo? Very cool. And I really like Robert Earl Keen (my brother is a HUGE fan of his).

          Ronny and his band will be here (San Antonio, TX) on September 16. It's apparently a benefit for the Woodlawn Theatre organized by the International Folk Culture Center (IFCC) at Our Lady of the Lake University.
          I'm definitely planning to support the Sept. concert, anyone want to join me?
          Thanks for the info. I don't have anything planned that weekend so maybe. I'm definitely going to keep checking on next year's Kerrville music festival as I'd like to go to that. I looked at the website and they really pull in a wide variety of performers.

          Glad you got to see Ronny at Tulsa - sounds like he enjoys entertaining the scifi crowd!

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            #6
            I had the opportunity to see him play at a local club and he's great. It's not really my type of music but I was curious and he's got some pipes.

            It was, is, and always will be GREEN

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