Ron King Show

Ron King

THE RON KING SHOW, on www.RKPradio.com ,showcases Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music by independent Christian singers, songwriters and bands from the tri-state area of Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia. The show also contains interviews and stories from these artists. Original and informative! Enjoy!

  1. 04/21/2023

    THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ON THE RON KING SHOW

    Send us a text Hi Folks!   Have you ever wondered where Contemporary Christian Music came from or how it got started?  Recently a great new movie was released called the "Jesus Revolution" which gave me the idea to produce a show about the "Jesus Music" that was an integral part of that great spiritual revolution that started in the 1970's.  Arguably, the story of Jesus Music begins when a young west coast pastor named Chuck Smith from Calvary Chapel Church was asked by a hippie band called "Love Song" if they could play in his church. As chuck tells it in his autobiography, "I was a bit apprehensive about what the band would play and what they would sound like".  So, Pastor Chuck asked the band if he could hear a sample of their music. The band eagerly agreed and started lugging their guitars into the church. They set up their gear and eventually started playing a song they had written called "Welcome Back." As Pastor Chuck tells it, "as soon as the band started playing, the power of the Holy Spirit fell upon our little church and I was awe-struck; the band was really good!  Pastor Chuck asked the band if they could play for a youth service that very evening and they did.  And so began "Jesus Music," which would eventually be called Contemporary Christian Music and, indeed, the beginnings of the "Jesus Revolution" itself.  I hope you enjoy our podcast and find it entertaining and informative.  Ron King  .

    24 min
  2. 03/11/2022

    TAMMY JO & THE IRON HORSE BAND ON THE RON KING SHOW

    Send us a text Hi Folks: Well, we have a great interview and some excellent original country music on this edition of the RON KING SHOW.  Our three studio guests include Tammy Jo & Iron Horse; all from the upper Ohio Valley (Moundsville, WV and St. Clairsville, Ohio) and are comprised  of Larry Truex on electric  bass guitar,  John (Buster) Gatten on electric lead guitar and Tammy Jo Whitlatch on acoustic guitar and vocals.  Tammy Jo & Iron Horse have only been together a little over a year but the individual members of the band all have years of experience  playing with other bands before getting together to play in Iron Horse. The group has just released their first CD together called "MY CADILLAC" and boy is it a good one! Their title tune written by Tammy, called "My CADILLAC, is quite reminiscent of the vibe on the Grammy winning CD "RAISING SAND," produced by T Bone Burnett and starring Allison Krause and Robert Palmer. Another great original tune on the new CD, also written by Tammy, is a song called "WEST VIRGINIA." (No. not the one by John Denver; that song is called "Country Roads.) And to let  you hear just how unbelievably good the band is we'll let you hear "WEST VIRGINIA"  on the podcast. We think that TAMMY JO & IRON HORSE is one of the very best country bands to come out of west Virginia in a long time and, after listening to their music, we think you'll agree. Happy listening!   Ron King

    26 min

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THE RON KING SHOW, on www.RKPradio.com ,showcases Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music by independent Christian singers, songwriters and bands from the tri-state area of Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia. The show also contains interviews and stories from these artists. Original and informative! Enjoy!