06/15/07 - St. Joseph News-Press - by Blake Hannon

The Ron Teamer Band makes St. Joe debut at Magoon’s tonight:

With a genre like the blues that's been set in its ways for decades, it's rare to hear one of the music's practitioners refer to it as "my sound." Then again, you haven't met Ron Teamer.

Teamer doesn't claim all of the blues as his property, but he does to put his own personal spin on it. You can hear it for yourself when The Ron Teamer Band from Kansas City makes their debut in St. Joe from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight at Magoon's. Cover is $5.

Teamer was born in Kansas City, Kan., and has been playing guitar since he picked up his grandfather's guitar when he was 5 years old. Teamer grew up in Iowa and played blues around the state before moving back to his Kansas City 12 years ago, where he has played the blues ever since.

Although The Ron Teamer Band has taken many shapes over the years, it has earned the same respect in the Kansas City blues community. The band won the Kansas City Blues Challenge two years in a row in 2004 and 2005. Teamer's current lineup features Teamer on guitar and vocals with Jeff Lincoln (drums), Mike Bradsher (bass) and Joe Morgan (harmonica).

Teamer's brand of blues is a mix of modern and delta blues with some Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn influenced instrumentation and soloing thrown in. His voice is perfect for the genre he's chosen.

The soul in his singing seems effortless, natural and molded by experience. Sure, his music is still the blues and certain rules apply, but Teamer will occasionally take a blues song places you may not expect, like on his original tracks like "Runnin' Hot, Runnin' Empty."

These changes have caused fellow bandmate Joe Morgan to believe in Teamer's musical ideas.

"I'm pretty well sold on Ron," Morgan says. "Everything tends to follow the same pattern. Ron's completely original and it sounds that way."

The Ron Teamer Band released their album "Runnin' Hot, Runnin' Empty" on the independent label, SoundGate Records, with 14 original tracks. Teamer and his band will occasionally drop some covers in their set, but being an original is what Teamer lives by.

"Sometimes you become a human jukebox and you don't want to be," Teamer says. "Don't turn around and do what other people want you to do. Do your thing."

06/07/07 - For Immediate Release

SoundGate Productions announces the release of the long awaited full length studio CD from The Ron Teamer Band. The CD contains 14 original songs, all written by Ron Teamer and includes two cuts featuring guest artist "Scotty Boy" Daniel.

The CD Release Party will be on Friday, June 8, 2007, 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., at The Trouser Mouse Bar & Grill, 625 N.E. Mock Avenue, Blue Springs, Missouri.

Make your plans to attend now!