Ronnie Blanchet

…I forgot my mic stand so someone literally held the mic in front of me while I sang.
He was much shorter than me so I squatted down while I played and sang the guitar. At one point I backed up and tripped over my amplifier only to make it back up in time for the next lyric to a song, but that paled in comparison to what would happen next. We started to play THIS SONG (If Your Rude) and at that moment we had a circle of dancers skanking (Ska dancing in front of us) as well as police intruding the backyard show. With bottles flying, red & blue blue lights flashing, the cherry on top could only be the helicopter above us shining the light down on the dancers in front of us amidst the la street light dark night lit chaos…I don’t exactly remember the inspiration to this song (probably capturing the attitude of those I grew up around the local punk scene a healthy anti disposition to arbitrary authority n’ all ), but I know for sure for my bassist n’ all the rest of us, we will never forget that night. His name was and is Austin Calendar. God bless you Austin #solideogloria #singer #songwriter #original #newmusic #artist #musician #if #your #rude #ska #punk #rocksteady #reggae #roots #beats #grafitti #dub