The Mission

RALPH WHITE

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A roots musician in the truest sense, Ralph White channels his love of traditional American genres (folk, country, blues) through a variety of instruments; without retreading old paths, makes music that is at once in the moment and seemingly of times long past. He is, as the Austin Chronicle puts it, “a [self-taught] master of ethnomusicology.”

Ralph White has played & traveled around the US and the world, toured with the Butthole Surfers and played in numerous outfits including the legendary Bad Livers.

“From banjo and fiddle to kalimba and mbira, Ralph White is a master of ethnomusicology, and it’s all self-taught. The 56-year-old troubadour served as fiddleman in Austin punk-grass legends the Bad Livers. He toured with the Butthole Surfers, played with the Gulf Coast Playboys, traveled to Africa and Australia, and finally settled here at home. Off the road is just his style. Since 1999, White has played solo, and it’s indescribable. The blues mentality mixed with Outback echoes and safari serenades echoes off 2006 release Navasota River Devil Squirrel. His solo shows, as well as those he plays with new Austinite Amy Annelle as the Places, are stocked with hipsters, old-timers, music professionals, and doe-eyed fans. He matches old-school with new-school, kids with elders, and the line doesn’t cross down the middle. Close your eyes, and listen to a million decades coalesce into one eerie, beautiful one-man band, with one foot on a chuck of wood and hands full of sound. There’s nobody in the world like Ralph White.” – Darcie Stevens