American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist (1926-2015)
This article is about the folk singer. For the bassist, see Blues Magoos.
Ronnie Gilbert
Gilbert in August 2006
Background information
Birth name
Ruth Alice Gilbert
Born
(1926-09-07)September 7, 1926 Brooklyn, New York, New York, U.S.
Died
June 6, 2015(2015-06-06) (aged 88) Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Genres
American folk music, protest music, Americana
Occupations
Musician
singer
songwriter
actress
political activist
Musical artist
Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015), was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist. She was one of the original members of the music quartet the Weavers, as a contralto with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman.
Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015), was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist. She was one of...
area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, RonnieGilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk...
She would also meet and work with the female singer in The Weavers, RonnieGilbert. After high school, Near enrolled in the Theatre Arts program at UCLA;...
a convertible next to Chanda, along with Vance and his girlfriend, Ronnie. Gilbert wakes up, stuck from the waist down in a trash barrel. Marsha wakes...
formed in November 1948 by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and RonnieGilbert of People's Songs, of which Seeger had been president and Hays executive...
American folk group The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and RonnieGilbert. He produced the record album Alice's Restaurant (1967) for Arlo Guthrie...
recorded by the Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, RonnieGilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It was a #10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962...
recorded the song for Elektra Records. The song is also credited to RonnieGilbert on an album by the Weavers released in the late 1940s or early 1950s...
Side B No. Title Lyrics Music Length 1. "Rose Goes to Yale" Kantner, RonnieGilbert Kantner 2:56 2. "Magician" Grace Slick P. Wolf 3:23 3. "Assassin" J...
Between)" (Ralph Scala, RonnieGilbert) – 2:40 "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (Roy Wood) – 2:18 "All the Better to See You With" (Scala, Gilbert) – 2:19 "Yellow...
Time's Tapestry series The Weavers, a folk music group formed in 1947 by RonnieGilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman and Pete Seeger The Weavers (1905 film), a...
women's music such as Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam and RonnieGilbert. Jones co-produced one of Jane Fonda's follow-up workout videos in 1984...
for the show by producer James Gilbert. The show starred David Frost, John Cleese and Barker's future comedy partner Ronnie Corbett, whom he had met in 1963...
formed in November 1948 by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and RonnieGilbert of People's Songs, of which Seeger had been president and Hays executive...
eighteenth studio album by American guitarist Paul Gilbert, released on 7 April 2023. A tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio, the album consists of instrumental...
idiosyncratic approach (exemplified by a lyrical collaboration with RonnieGilbert of The Weavers on the latter album), Jefferson Starship became increasingly...
for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was narrated by RonnieGilbert. The film makes the point that for many of the men and women who fought...
name), members of the Weavers included charter Almanac member Lee Hays, RonnieGilbert, and Fred Hellerman; later Frank Hamilton, Erik Darling, and Bernie...
Carnahan, former governor of Missouri Art Faircloth, former NFL player RonnieGilbert, folk singer Frederick Drew Gregory, NASA astronaut and NASA deputy...
fiddler June 1 – Jean Ritchie, 92, folk singer-songwriter June 6 – RonnieGilbert, 88, folk singer-songwriter (The Weavers) June 8 – Paul Bacon, 91, jazz...
including Joan Baez, Bastro, Cher, Judy Collins, John Denver, Ani DiFranco, RonnieGilbert, John Wesley Harding, Henry Cow, Jason & the Scorchers, Jim and Jean...
Friedman Gaia Consort Garfunkel and Oates Mary Gauthier Bob Gibson RonnieGilbert Vance Gilbert Eliza Gilkyson Terry Gilkyson Steve Gillette Tif Ginn Girlyman...
of Wallace. Seeger and Hays, joined by two of Hays' young friends, RonnieGilbert and Fred Hellerman, then began singing together again at fund-raising...
Among the performers and visitors were Paddy Reilly, Joe Burke, and RonnieGilbert. Makem was a regular performer, often solo and often as part of Makem...