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The Outfield Tell The Children (3:16)* * = songs
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Thought You'd Be Taller The Prince Charming Tango (2:59)
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Trouble
In Paradise What Kind Of Self-Respecting
Faggot Am I? (3:33) Produced by Teresa Trull |
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Rollercoaster Straightening Up The
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Political Not Polite I Met A Man (4:07) Produced by John Bucchino |
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Romantic The Telephone Company Loves Me (4:48) Produced by Teresa Trull |
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"Let's
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Let's
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(Fresh Fruit 106, 1995) Intro (0:15) |
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Brave
Boys -- The Best & More of Romanovsky & Phillips Ho Ho Homophobia (4:36) |
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Je
M'Appelle Dadou
(RR 101, 2002, solo album) L'Air Des Rues (I) (1:06)* * = instrumentals |
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In 2006 Ron recorded an updated version of "Don't Use Your Penis for a Brain" and a new song "Sanctity of Marriage." They both can be heard on my June 2006 show, and the latter song can be downloaded from my Gay Marriage page. |
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Pittsburgh
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(Fresh Fruit CD 109, 2006, solo album) Burro Alley Tango * = instrumentals |
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It's
A Boy! A Circus Opera
(Fresh Fruit CD 108, 2006) circus theme* Written by Ron Romanovsky & Betty Katz Sperlich |
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Turn
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When Joe Bracco died of AIDS, on March 3, 1991, Paul Phillips lost a dear friend and fellow artist, so for Paul it was a labor of love to complete the project Joe had started. Paul became Producer for the cassette release in 1992 of Joe's music, called "True To Myself." The songs are Out lyrically and filled with Joe's humor and insight. Paul and Ron both provided some of the backup vocals. I did a special feature on the music of Joe Bracco on my October 2003 show. |
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The R&P recording
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Gay Men's Chorus of Houston included the R&P song "Love Is
All It Takes" on their 1995 album, "To Friends and To Life."
They also had the good taste to include the almost anthem "Everything
Possible," written by Fred Small.
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Above, Ron played accordian on the 2001 album by Busy McCarroll. It had the unlikely title of "Bar'Bar'ella~The BeatNik Spy Music Files" ...click on the pix for more info. |
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The
R&P song "Brave Boys" was included on the 1995 various
artists compilation "Hand In Hand." The
album was a fundraising project in coordination with the Houston Pride
event, Spectrum '95,
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Santa Fe folk artist
Jaime Michaels gathered the cream of that area's musicians to help him
on his third album, "Angelus," released in 2002. Ron Romanovsky
contributed his accordian playing to the project.
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In April
of 1992, at the Gulf Coast Festival Lynn Thomas met Pat Hussain, a member
of the steering committee for the 1993 March on Washington. As the story
goes, Lynn asked Pat how she could help with the March, and Pat said,
"Why don't you write us a song? We identify with all kinds of songs,
but we've never had a song that was all ours--just ours!" And, a
few months later the song was finished. It was called "Together,
Proud and Free."
But Lynn took her idea a giant step further. She envisioned the idea to record the song in sessions around the country, so as many women's music and gay singers as possible could participate. And the word spread, and as a result Lynn spent four months travelling and arranging the various sessions. Over sixty musicians and artists were on the finished recording, and the list is a who's who of women's music, and several gay male artists were also honored to be included, among them Ron & Paul (easy to spot in the top row below), Ted Fox, and several men involved in New York theatre. The list of women is stellar, and they included (in no particular order): Margie Adam, Gwen Avery, Bonnie Morris, Toni Armstrong Jr, Diane Lindsay, Holly Near, Jess Hawk Oakenstar, Jamie Anderson, Leah Zicari, Nedra Johnson, the Washington Sisters, Destiny, Venus Envy, Robin Flower, Libby McLaren, Nancy Vogl, Pam Hall, June Millington, Suede, Susan Herrick, Seraiah Carol, Ubaka Hill, Ruth Simkin, and many more. The pic below is from Hot Wire. |
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In the fall of 2006 Jay Spears released his eagerly awaited followup to his "Boy Howdy" CD from 2002. It was called "Playin' On My Team," and Ron made a special appearance playing accordian on the track "Bougainvillea Waltz." |
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"Jayson," the Musical Jeff Krell is a comic strip writer who created the groundbreaking strip "Jayson," which debuted in the "Philadelphia Gay News" in 1983. By 1985 "Jayson" had achieved wide popularity with its appearance in "Gay Comix," where the strip was named Most Popular Feature. In 1995 Krell began collaborating with Ron & Paul on a "Jayson" stage musical. After some workshop performances the off-Broadway debut was on July 10, 1998, at The 45th Street Theatre, and the "New York Times" praised it for its "tart, keenly observed humor." Several R&P songs were used in the show, including "My Mother's Clothes." While the show did not have a long run, it got a generally kind review, which you can click to see. |
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"Offbeat"
might be a good word for the subject of Mel Helitzer's musical "Oh,
Jackie." It's about the relationship between Jackie Kennedy and
her father, "Black Jack" Bouvier. The play started with workshop
productions in the fall of 1998 and for the last several years has been
presented in a number of cities, mostly in Southern Ohio. Ron &
Paul were two of the four composers contributing original songs to the
musical.
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Above,
actress Jennifer Milligan starred in the
musical by Mel Helitzer (right) in the Spring of 2000 productions held at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theatre in Cincinnati. |
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