Gerald Ross Explained

Gerald Ross
Birth Date:26 September 1954
Birth Place:Detroit, United States
Instrument:Guitar, Lap steel guitar, Ukulele
Genre:Swing, traditional jazz, blues, country blues, hawaiian, folk, western swing, swing, ragtime, jugband
Occupation:Musician
Label:UkeTone, Brown & Serve
Current Member Of:The Lost World String Band, The Continental Islanders, The MacPherson Strutters, The Mountain River Valley Boys, Sharkfeet

Gerald Ross (born September 26, 1954, Detroit) is a musician specializing in American Roots Music – Swing, Early Jazz, Western Swing, Hawaiian, Ragtime and Blues. Playing the guitar, lap steel guitar and ukulele he has performed throughout the USA and Europe and has recorded seven solo CDs. Ross currently tours as a solo act performing and teaching ukulele and steel guitar at festivals and music camps.[1] [2]

Awards and recognitions

1993 – Won the WEMU Jazz Competition (solo artist category)

2010 – Won the 2010 Hawaii Music Awards Steel Guitar category.[3]

2010 – The aNueNue Ukulele company issued the Gerald Ross Signature Tenor Ukulele.[4]

2011 – Became an artist/endorser for Mya-Moe Ukuleles.[5]

2011 – Became an online columnist for Mel Bay's "Ukulele Sessions".[6]

2011 – Became an endorser for MI-SI instrument pickups.[7]

2012 – Became an endorser for the Kala U-Bass.[8]

2013 – Named Mya-Moe Ukulele Artist of the Month (June)[9]

2013 – Became the Music Director for the annual Ashokan Uke Fest (2013-2019).[10]

2014 – Gerald's steel guitar work was featured on the Hula Honey's CD 'A Hui Ho'.The CD won the Na Hoku Hanonano Award (Hawaiian Grammys – Jazz category)[11]

2015 – Named UkeFarm Radio Artist of the Month (January)[12]

2018 - Became an endorser for Henriksen amplifiers. Featured in Henriksen print advertisement - Ukulele Magazine, Winter 2017, Spring & Summer 2018, Winter 2019.

2020 - Ukulele Magazine Fall 2020. Full page feature story about Gerald’s two month musical lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain

2021 - Gerald and Marcy Marxer[13] hosted the awards presentation at the World Virtual Ukulele Contest sponsored by CF Martin guitars

2021 - Ukulele Magazine Winter 2021. A four page feature article profiling Gerald entitled ‘King Of Swing’

2022 - Ukulele Magazine Online. Gerald performs his arrangement of 'Christmas Time Is Here' online in the magazine's Holiday edition.

Lost World String Band

Gerald Ross played guitar, ukulele, Cajun accordion and steel guitar with the LWSB from 1979 - 2011. The Lost World appeared numerous times on American Public Media's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.[14] The band's reputation for on-stage spontaneity and humor secured them a spot as the featured musical act at New York's famed comedy club The Improv for the 1982 New Year's show.

2020 Covid-19 Lockdown - Oviedo, Spain

In March 2020 a brief work/vacation in Oviedo, Spain became a fifty four day lockdown for Ross and his wife Margaret. Neither contracted Covid-19. Ross recorded four instrumental ukulele videos during the lockdown. Besame MuchoSundayMagnetic RagMusic To Watch Girls By

Discography

Solo

Collaborations

Music Festival Appearances

Ross makes appearances at a wide variety of venues as documented below. At most events there are workshops where he teaches participants aspects of the ukulele or steel guitar.[15]

Europe etc.

USA East

USA West

Appears in

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kalamazoo Gazette Article on Gerald Ross . January 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021837/http://www.geraldross.com/kzoo2008.pdf . September 24, 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Live radio interview – Ukulele Perspectives 2010 . January 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717150128/http://ukulele-perspective.com/2010/12/06/interview-with-gerald-ross-on-recording-and-new-albums/ . July 17, 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Hawaii Music Awards – Steel Guitar . January 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225245/http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/musicmontage_article/hawaii_music_awards_2010_winners/ . September 27, 2011 . dead .
  4. http://www.anuenue-uke.com/html_version/#frame_artists_23 aNueNue Gerald Ross Signature Tenor Ukulele
  5. http://www.myamoeukuleles.com/artistDetails.php?id=79 Mya Moe – Gerald Ross Artist Page
  6. http://ukesessions.com/ Mel Bay's Ukulele Sessions
  7. http://mi-si.com/who-is-using-mi-si/ MI-SI Endorsement List
  8. Web site: U-Bassists . June 15, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120628222234/http://kalabrand.com/ArtistsBASS.html . June 28, 2012 . dead .
  9. http://myamoeukuleles.com/news.php Mya-Moe News May 31, 2013
  10. Web site: Uke Fest Ashokan Music and Dance Camps . ashokan.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207142004/http://ashokan.org/camps/uke-fest/ . 2013-12-07.
  11. Web site: Hula Honeys win Na Hoku Hanonano award . May 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528022300/http://www.honolulupulse.com/2014/05/hoku-awards-2014/ . May 28, 2014 . dead .
  12. http://www.ukefarmradio.com/ Uke Farm Radio
  13. [Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer]
  14. http://www.geraldross.com/Spotlight2008.pdf University of Michigan press 2008 Interview with Gerald Ross
  15. http://www.ashokan.org/ukefest/teachers.html Ashokan Ukulele Camp – Workshops
  16. Web site: Mighty Uke Day Comes to Old Town Lansing . June 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809193817/http://www.iloveoldtown.org/news/mighty-uke-day-comes-old-town-lansing . August 9, 2014 . dead .
  17. http://www.ashokan.org/ukefest/teachers.html Ashokan Ukulele Camp – Workshops

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