Welcome to Ron Gendron & Jim Lassiter's Music Collaboration Webpage.
We're two 'Old Dogs'...;>)

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

ABOUT RON:
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. Two years later, Ron received an e-mail from Mr. Jones' management stating that Mr. Jones will not be recording 'An Old Dog' as he was retiring.

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

ABOUT JIM:
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'. He 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 keyboard/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 & 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 - slowly because Jim has a very bad back and has had 3 operations on his spine to date.

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.

SONG Snippets (all selections copywritten)
An Old Dog Like Me (Country) - Lyrics (& vox) by Ron Gendron, Music (& harmonies) by Jim Lassiter
And He Still Calls Her Baby (Smooth Jazz???) - Lyrics by Ron Gendron, Additional Lyrics & Music by Jim Lassiter
Found In You (Country) - Written & Performed by Jim Lassiter (From Musical Comedy Stageplay: The Tavern & The Storyteller)
Last Dance (Country) - Written & Performed by Jim Lassiter
Where Rainbows Will Fall (Country) - Written & Performed by Jim Lassiter - YouTube Video
Living With Your Mother (Country/Rock/Comedic) - Written & Performed by Jim Lassiter
Sometimes I Just Don't Know (Country-ish) Lyrics by Ron Gendron, Music (& vox) by Jim Lassiter

 All Songs Recorded by Jim Lassiter at his 'Hole In The Wall' studios...;>)
CD & Website Artwork & Design by Jim "Keep It Simple" Lassiter

EMAIL
Ron 13 Lane Drive Allenstown NH 03275
Jim 10 Cheryl Drive Allenstown NH 03275
Jim is also the author of 'The Tavern & The Storyteller' - A very funny family friendly Musical Comedy Stageplay

Jim's little 'Hole In The Wall' studio consists of:
A Korg D3200 32 track dedicated recording deck
A Korg X50 Synth
An Ibanez Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar
A Yamaha Bass
An Alvirez-Yari Acoustic
A Carvin CM87S Mic
A Line 6 Spider 3 Combo Amp which is never used
A Behringer XV-Amp Effects Pedal
A Digitech RP150 and a GNX3000 Effects Pedal(s)
I also have an Alesis SR16 drum machine but more often than not, I utilize the Session Drums built into the D3200 for basic drum patterns.
I've recently used to some good effect, the drum sounds in the Korg X50, playing and recording each drum/cymbal sound onto separate tracks by hand.
A time-consuming endeavor, but it's the closest I can get to a real drummer and add appropriate 'feeling' to the songs..
I used that 'drumming' method on 'Where Rainbows Will Fall' (see the YouTube video link at the bottom of the page, NOTE: YT muffled the audio a bit)
All songs Mixed & Mastered with my awesome Audio-Technica ATH-M40fs Headphones
(& sometimes a cheap Sony Boom Box...;>)


CD Album Cover

CD Lightscribe Label

CD Album Pics - 2 Old Dogs...;>)






Yup, after many years, Jim finally cut his hair....;>)
You can see more of Ol' Jim with both long & short hair in his very first
(and probably last if he has anything to say about it!) video of "Where Rainbows Will Fall" on YouTube...;>)

Water? What water...?


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shirt and ever present scowl to scare
the neighborhood kids with...