Ron Whitehead

Kentucky Poet, writer, editor, publisher, organizer, scholar, professor - website

Bands/Groups:

• Voices Without Restraint
• Ron Whitehead's Apocalypse Jam
• The Viking Hillbilly Apocalypse Revue
• 2005 - touring with Sarah Elizabeth

Involved with:

• RANT festival/Insomniacathon - co-organizer
• The Literary Renaissance - founder and director
• Produced "The Hunter S. Thompson Tribute" - featuring Hunter, Johnny Depp, Warren Zevon & many others
• London International Poetry & Song Festival - with Richard Deakin
• The New York City Underground Music & Poetry Festival - with Casey Cyr & others
• The Netherland's 10-day International Meer Dan Woorden Festival - with Jan Pankow & others

Collaborated with:

• By The Grace Of God on Perspective
• Scaramongo
• The Pennies
• Blowup in Japanese
• Jim James of My Morning Jacket
• Michael & Danny Pollock of The Outsiders
• David Amram
• Sigur Rós
• Paul K & The Weathermen
• Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth
• Frank Messina & Octopoet & Spoken Motion
• James Walck & The Mind2Hands Symphonia
• Vassar Clemens
• Tom House
• Black Pig Liberation Front
• & numerous others

Performances:

• RANT Festival Insomniacathon
• live with the Blowup in Japanese on several occassions
• many others