Many Moons Ago is the penultimate song on the album. “Don’t I know You?” “When did we do this before?” “Are we friend or foe? Do you remember?” Once Ted Falcon’s supernatural fiddle introduces this one you know you’re in for something remarkable, stimulating, that somehow familiar trail you didn’t take...this time.

Many Moons Ago

The album title song, Lone Wolf, through Ron Rutherford’s high, clear voice, paints pictures and tells a story you’ll just have to experience again and again.

Lone Wolf

Tennessee Moon is Ron’s grateful tribute to his good friend Johnny Pierce, bass player/guitarist/producer.

Tennessee Moon

Damned is a story you have to hear. This one is an eerie outing that brings you out the top in the end. It’s a feature length film in five minutes.

Damned

This Is True just makes you feel good. It’s a romp with a happy man who can describe the top as well as he can the bottom.

This Is True

Let Love Be brings blessed relief. This gorgeous acoustic outing is the experienced voice of one who has been through the worst and come out whole. Ron, accompanied by the incomparable guitar work of John Groover McDuffie, tells us how simple, how easy love can be, if we let it.

Let Love Be

How did you feel after the loss of that first real love? A hole is a place where something used to be. In Hole In My Heart, the relentless Ron Rutherford describes for you – reminds you – how the bottom really feels when you finally touch down.

Hole In My Heart

Ron says his music comes from his life experiences, and not all of them have been happy. Everyone knows things don’t always work out as planned. In Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye, this down-to-the-bone singer/songwriter takes us through a lovers’ breakup, describing every feeling, every step of the way, until, finally – it’s done.

Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye

Unlucky Love is far from unlucky or sad. This beautiful ballad is all about being awakened to the reality of true, sweet, lasting love.

Unlucky Love

Freak Flag, is a rollicking introduction to Ron Rutherford – Texan, New Yorker, Country Rockin’ rebel. He knows where he’s going and happy to have you tag along.

Freak Flag

Ron Rutherford is a man whose life has been built around music.

He fondly recalls bouncing on the back seat of his Father’s Chevy Bel Air to The Beatles singing “I Want To Hold Your Hand” on the radio. “It was a typically beautiful Dallas, Texas day,” he says, “blue skies and fair weather cumulus clouds out the windshield as we sped down the highway.” It proved to be a seminal ride. He has been inspired by and passionate about music ever since.

Ron played piano as a kid in Texas. Moving to New York City as a young man, he took up guitar.

While living in New York, he played and sang around Manhattan and the Northeast; did some television and jingle work; was written up in the New York Times for his performances with The Rutherford & Steward Band; and wrote and performed briefly with legendary rock pianist Nicky Hopkins.

Ron Rutherford's musical influences are eclectic and diverse including such artists as: The Eagles, Don Henley, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, The Steve Miller Band, Van Morrison, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Band, The Allman Brothers, Creedence, Little Feat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Traffic, Leon Russell, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Rodney Crowell, Warren Zevon and Hank Williams

Although growing up listening to and loving Rock and Roll on the radio and records, he had country music in his ears wherever he went, just from living in Texas – and both had a profound impact on him.

Ron Rutherford's music is something familiar you’ve never heard before – stories of love, loss, insight, and inspiration. Picture a full moon over a long lost trail and a lone wolf that beckons the listener to follow to the end.
Ron Rutherford's album, Lone Wolf, ends too soon.

Potent Americana; a unique voice and down-to-the-bone songs combined with the sounds of some of the finest musicians you’ve ever heard.

Ron Rutherford

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