Post by AeroCooper on Aug 26, 2014 16:03:43 GMT -5
Ralph Morman, Original Joe Perry Project Singer Passes Away(1948 - 2014)
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Ralph Morman, a journeyman among others, died on Sunday, August 17 after a lengthy illness.
Ralph started his music career in the Ashland, KY area with the band The Outcasts followed by other groups in the Ashland and Washington, D.C.
Morman's first success was with the band BUX which he joined in 1972. The signed with Capitol the following year and recorded the album We Came to Play but the band broke up and Capitol chose to not release the disc. It finally made it to Market in 1976 with the formation of a new version of the group but Morman was not part of the lineup.
In April 1979, Morman was looking for work when he met Joe Perry at the Florida World Music Festival. Morman asked Perry if he knew anyone who was looking for a lead singer and Joe said "Yeah, me."
The Joe Perry Project signed with Columbia and recorded the album Let the Music Do the Talking but, during the tour in support of the album, Morman's behavior began to deteriorate due to drinking and he was fired from the band in June 1980.
Morman soon joined the reformed version of Savoy Brown and recorded the album Rock 'N' Roll Warriors which produced Brown's biggest U.S. single, Run to Me. A second album, Greatest Hits: Live in Concert was recorded during a U.S. tour in support of Judas Priest.
In 1982, the new Savoy Brown broke up and Morman decided to leave the music business. After ten years in Florida managing condos, he returned to Ashland, KY where he reportedly sold appliances for a number of year. In 2011, he began working on a solo project, Killing Time on Planet Earth, which is yet to be released.
Morman is survived by his wife, five children and five grandchildren.
www.vintagevinylnews.com/2014/08/passings-ralph-morman-of-joe-perry.html
10:00 AM Bux, Joe Perry Project, Ralph Morman, Savoy Brown No comments
Ralph Morman, a journeyman among others, died on Sunday, August 17 after a lengthy illness.
Ralph started his music career in the Ashland, KY area with the band The Outcasts followed by other groups in the Ashland and Washington, D.C.
Morman's first success was with the band BUX which he joined in 1972. The signed with Capitol the following year and recorded the album We Came to Play but the band broke up and Capitol chose to not release the disc. It finally made it to Market in 1976 with the formation of a new version of the group but Morman was not part of the lineup.
In April 1979, Morman was looking for work when he met Joe Perry at the Florida World Music Festival. Morman asked Perry if he knew anyone who was looking for a lead singer and Joe said "Yeah, me."
The Joe Perry Project signed with Columbia and recorded the album Let the Music Do the Talking but, during the tour in support of the album, Morman's behavior began to deteriorate due to drinking and he was fired from the band in June 1980.
Morman soon joined the reformed version of Savoy Brown and recorded the album Rock 'N' Roll Warriors which produced Brown's biggest U.S. single, Run to Me. A second album, Greatest Hits: Live in Concert was recorded during a U.S. tour in support of Judas Priest.
In 1982, the new Savoy Brown broke up and Morman decided to leave the music business. After ten years in Florida managing condos, he returned to Ashland, KY where he reportedly sold appliances for a number of year. In 2011, he began working on a solo project, Killing Time on Planet Earth, which is yet to be released.
Morman is survived by his wife, five children and five grandchildren.
www.vintagevinylnews.com/2014/08/passings-ralph-morman-of-joe-perry.html