Ron Meagher
{{Short description|American bassist (born 1941)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ron Meagher
| image = Ron Meagher.png
| caption = Meagher in 1965
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|10|2}}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| origin =
| genre = Folk rock, pop rock, garage rock
| occupation = Bassist
| years_active = 1964–present
| associated_acts = The Beau Brummels, The Black Velvet Band
}}
Ron Meagher (born October 2, 1941) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band The Beau Brummels.
The Beau Brummels
{{Main articles|The Beau Brummels}}
When guitarist-songwriter Ron Elliott was putting the band together in 1964, he asked a friend, Kay Dane, if she knew any good bass players.{{cite book
| last=Tahsler
| first=Bruce
| title=Garage Bands From the Sixties, Then and Now
| publisher=Teens 'N Twenties Publications
| location=San Francisco
| edition=2nd
| year=2007
| page=73
| isbn=978-1-4243-1813-1}}
Dane recommended Meagher, but cautioned, "He's kind of weird. He has long hair!" After joining the band, Meagher proved to be important to the band's image, as he was one of the first American rock musicians with Beatlesque hair.{{cite web
| title = Ron Meagher – Biography
| publisher = Allmusic (Rovi Corporation)
| date =
| url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p104851|pure_url=yes}}
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = August 27, 2009}} In addition to providing backing vocals, Meagher sang lead on occasion, as on "They'll Make You Cry," a song from the band's 1965 debut album, Introducing the Beau Brummels.
Meagher appeared with the band in the 1965 science-fiction/comedy movie Village of the Giants, which was featured in a 1994 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.{{cite book
| last=Renzi
| first=Thomas C.
| title=H.G. Wells: Six Scientific Romances Adapted for Film
| edition=2nd
| publisher=Scarecrow Press
| page=173
| location=Lanham, Md.
| year=2004
| isbn=978-0-8108-4989-1}}
He remained with the band as it reduced from a quintet to a trio by 1967's critically acclaimed album Triangle.{{cite book
| last=Unterberger
| first=Richie
| title=Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators and Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock
| edition=
| publisher=Miller Freeman, Inc.
| pages=[https://archive.org/details/urbanspacemenway0000unte/page/180 180]
| location=San Francisco
| year=2000
| isbn=978-0-87930-616-8
| url=https://archive.org/details/urbanspacemenway0000unte/page/180
}}
During the recording of the band's next album, 1968's Bradley's Barn, Meagher was drafted, becoming one of the few musicians from a well-known rock band to serve in the military at the height of the Vietnam War. Over the next three decades, Meagher has also participated in several Beau Brummels revivals, most notably in the mid-1970s when the band released a 1975 self-titled reunion album.{{cite book |last1=March |first1=Jeff |title=Echoes of the Sixties |last2=Childs |first2=Marti |publisher=Billboard Books (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-8230-8316-9 |edition= |location=New York |page=136}} After he was discharged two years later, Meagher played in the Black Velvet Band with former Beau Brummels bandmate Declan Mulligan.
Discography
{{Main articles|The Beau Brummels discography}}
References
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Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:The Beau Brummels members