Fort Worth Songwriters Association: Featured Member Archives

       RON HARMON

Our latest featured member of the month hails from the home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio. Ron Harmon, a U.S. Navy veteran who has a profession starting up nuclear power plants as a controls technician, pursues music both as a hobby and as a second career. Ron has 35 years of experience in music, having formally studied guitar and music theory in his younger years. He has performed with classic rock bands as guitarist and vocalist, and describes his current style of music as “Classic Rock/Blues rooted with a Texas flair”. He has written a number of songs and is an active member in the Texas Christian Songwriters Association as well as belonging to FWSA.

Ron has three recordings on his resume. Two of them were un-mastered - "The New Creation" (1994) and "Words" (1996), and most recently in 2007 self produced his first commercial release “Things I Don't Talk About". He describes the music on this recordings as “clean Classic Rock”. And in what little spare time such as busy life would allow, Ron has been a part of several accomplished worship teams, assisted in starting a Contemporary Service in 2 Churches and has served on the Music Ministry Team in the Christian Motorcyclists Association.

Ron and his wife Dolores have been married for 25 years and have been residents of North Texas since 2004. He states that they both love it here and plan on making it their permanent home. They have two children both of whom are grown, - son Robert and daughter Daisy Jane - along with three grandchildren.

Five Questions with Ron Harmon

What caused you to fall in love with music?

It wasn't really a song or a band for me. The thing that inspired me the most was when my dad bought me my own guitar. He always had one I liked to mess with, when I got my own it was like the best thing that ever happened to me. The next would be when my friends invited me into their band, I was in 7th or 8th grade and we were horrible, but there was a life changing marriage between me and music.

What is your favorite song of all-time?

I would have to go with an artist on this one: Jennifer Knapp. As a songwriter and performer, I can feel so much into her stuff. She helps me relate to myself and to God better.

What has been your biggest musical moment?

The coolest moment I ever had may be simple to most, but it was when Bart Rose (Fort Worth Studios) mastered my "Things I Don't Talk About" album. His comments to me and the overall quality of the finished product really made me feel satisfied as an artist.

Name four musicians/songwriters you'd like to meet and jam with

I'll go with any of the big names; Mostly, I'd like to meet Jennifer Knapp, Steven Curtis Chapman, Toby Mac, and Eric Clapton.

What is your most treasured piece of musical equipment or memorabilia?

"Things" to me are expendable. I would have to say my songs themselves are the most valuable things to me as I birth them, raise & nurture them.

At present, Ron is playing music in area venues as an acoustic soloist and working on an acoustic album to demo Christian Contemporary songs for plugging. You can hear a cut of Ron's music, “Why Does it Always Rain?” by navigating to the "Music Clips" link on our homepage and then select Ron's name.