Ron Young is best known for his sexy bluesy
voice and being the founder of Little Caesar. Little Caesar
has such an incredibly unique sound. If you haven't heard them
then you need to! You can do so in the box above this
paragraph. I had the pleasure of meeting the guys when
they first started touring. Ron was always my favorite in the band! I
recently had the pleasure of interviewing him.
1. How did you come up with the name
of your band?
The band was named after the 30's gangster
film of the same name.
2. Who are some of your favorite
musicians?
I love all singers that have soul....Paul
Rodgers, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Adele, Steve
Marriot....Brian Tichy is an amazing musician....killer guitar
player and an amazing drummer
3. What's your guilty musical
pleasure?
I love Bluegrass. The playing is amazing and
the honesty and soul is naked and in your face.
4. Who did you idolize as a child?
When I was a kid, Michael Jackson was a kid.
I loved his singing in the Jackson 5....then he became a
freak.
5. Stranded on a deserted island, what
3 cds would you have with you?
Who Quadrophenia, Bad Co- Bad Co, and
Ray Charles greatest hits.
6. The difference between today's
music and the music of the 80's?
They both suck!....wait...that's a similarity lol.....at
least today there are more artists that are relying less on
Production and more on performance and personality.
7. Favorite place to perform?
Wherever someone will listen.....there's a
great seedy club in Berlin called Wild at Heart...it's like
CBGB's in the late 70's.
8. What makes a good song?
Strong chord changes, a great melody and a
universal lyric.
9. What are your hobbies?
Building custom cars and bikes, eating and
getting massages.
10. Favorite food to eat on the road?
A good plate of Pasta.
11. The first concert you ever went
to?
I was lucky when I was a kid...I got to see
Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden when they filmed the Song
Remains the Same.
12. Who's the best person you've met
on the road?
Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was an
INCREDIBLE player and performer and one of the nicest, most
generous men you could ever meet.
13. If you could meet anyone, living
or dead, who would you want to meet and why?
Robert Johnson.....I would want to know what
possessed him to play and sing the way he did.
14. Any current projects?
I am singing with a KILLER group of
musicians in a Soul/R&B cover band named Blue Eyed
Devils....total guilty pleasure.
