Ron & I are songwriters looking for upcoming and established artists who would like to
add great new songs to their repertoire.

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NEWS
We're online at CD Baby
10/14/2011 - Yes, we're still working on new material but life has had a way of getting 'in the way'...;>) Ron has been writing more great lyrics and I'm not recovering as well as I'd like from my 4th back surgery this past January.
07/07/2010 - More GnL pages Facebook - ReverbNation & CMT
03/15/2010 - We're working on our second album...;>)
03/10/2010 - Our album, 'An Old Dog Like Me' is now on sale online from CD Baby.

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RON started writing country songs in his twenties. Now at the tender age of 66, he writes about life's ups and downs (with the encouragement of his wife Joan of 43 years by his side...). Ron manages to put on paper what a lot of us feel but only a select few manage to express. In the seventies Ron went to the Lone Star Ranch
in Merrimack NH almost every Sunday. There he met one of his longtime idols, singer Sonny James of 'Young Love' fame. They talked about song writing and Sonny told Ron to always try and tell a story that someone may be able to relate to.

At an October 2006 George Jones concert in Concord NH, Ron went backstage to meet his idol and showed Mr. Jones the lyrics to a song called 'An Old Dog Like Me' that he wrote specifically with George in mind. Mr. Jones liked them so much, he offered to record the song. That night Ron sat in his car at 3am and sang the vocals to 'An Old Dog...' into a cassette player and sent the tape to Mr. Jones' manager as requested. Sadly, two years later, Ron received an e-mail from Mr. Jones' management stating that Mr. Jones will not be recording 'An Old Dog' (but we still hope...;>).

Down but not out, fate stepped in and introduced a self-taught song writing multi-instrumentalist named Jim Lassiter to Ron and together, they breathed new life into 'An Old Dog...'.

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JIM grew up listening to his father James and older brother Larry playing C&W songs on guitar. There were a lot of family gatherings and outdoor cookouts at the old house in Dunstable MA over the years where uncles, aunts, cousins, neighbors & friends would come over and everyone would sing along with Larry's C&W band which always had at least two cousins and old family friends as members.
Jim wrote his first C&W song on guitar when he was 15 years old called 'The Big Red Barn'.

Jim expanded his musical abilities over the years in various Country, Rock & Top40/Wedding bands while continuing to write his own songs. A self-taught singer & guitarist, Jim also plays bass & drums out of necessity because he could never find other musicians to play on his home recordings when he needed them. Jim's also been dabbling lately with a synth, enabling him to include his love of orchestral sounds into his newer works.

In addition to his C&W songs, other 'styles' include hard & soft rock, jazz influenced pieces & comedic endeavors. He hates labeling his stuff and just calls it music and prefers to be called a songwriter first and musician second. Two years of work culminated in a 2007 production of a musical stage-play comedy called "The Tavern & The Storyteller" written for his kids high school drama club. It received standing
ovations every night of it's 3 night performance. The Script, Set Pics, Video clips & Song Demos are on the Tavern website & two sequels are slowly being worked on.

Jim met Ron, a local songwriter he's unknowingly lived down the street from for many years. Jim & Ron hit it off immediately and Jim was amazed at Ron's lyrical ability and rough 'down-home' singing voice which reminded him of those wonderful family cookouts.

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SONG SAMPLES

All Songs Recorded by Jim Lassiter at his 'Hole In The Wall' studio.
No computers or editing were used in the creation of our songs.
CD & Website Artwork & Design by Jim Lassiter.

Ron Gendron
13 Lane Drive Allenstown NH 03275
Jim Lassiter
10 Cheryl Drive Allenstown NH 03275

GnL are Members of the NHCMA


I'd like to take a moment and ask visitors to say a prayer for our troops everywhere in the world for a successful mission and a safe return home. Above is my son Chris who played the Storyteller in my Tavern musical. After graduating from high school, he joined the Army National Guard (Inf/Mtn) and has recently returned from overseas.
We are proud of him and his fellow troops and are glad they are now safe at home.