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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Rudy Ramos - Hard Knocks And Bad Times (1972 us, wonderful country psych folk rock with west coast aura, 2010 korean remaster)



The acting career of Rudy Ramos has covered six decades and started with an appearance on the television show, "Ironside" in 1969. Six months later he was cast as a series regular, playing the part of Wind the volatile half-breed Indian boy in the legendary television western "High Chaparral." Since then he has done over sixty guest shots on episodic television including recurring roles on the hit TV show, "Hunter" in 1987-88 and "Resurrection Boulevard" in 2002-2003.

Mr. Ramos has done numerous movies for television including the ground breaking Helter Skelter (100 million viewers over two nights) playing the part of Danny DeCarlo, Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure and Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman: The Movie as the villainous Captain Ruiz.

Feature film credits include The Enforcer with Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill's cult classic The Driver with Ryan Oneal and Academy Award nominee French actress Isabelle Adjani, Defiance with Jan-Michael Vincent and Art Carney, Quicksilver with Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne, Colors with Sean Penn and Robert Duvall and the 2001 sleeper Road Dogz directed by the up and coming talent Alfredo Ramos to name a few.

The stage has been a big part of Mr. Ramos' life with appearances in the Los Angeles area at the Mark Taper Forum, Taper Too, The Met, Matrix Theater, Los Angeles Theatre Center, and Nosotros Theatre. He also was a member of the Los Angeles Actors Theatre and performed in the award winning hit show Shorteyes by Miguel Pinero playing the part of Cupcakes. The ensemble won the 1977 Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Ensemble.

In his spare time Mr. Ramos is very passionate about music. He recorded an album for Fantasy Records in the 70's titled "Hard Knocks and Bad Times." He is also very passionate about horses and is an advocate of natural horsemanship.
CD Liner Notes


Tracks
1. Let`em Roll Johnny (Roger Tillison) - 4:01
2. I Was Amazed - 4:11
3. Nathaniel - 3:01
4. Abraham - 3:28
5. Another Town - 3:06
6. Opel Jackson - 3:35
7. The Sharecropper - 3:05
8. Old Santa Fe (Roger Tillison) - 2:34
9. You Can See It In My Eyes - 4:41
10.Hard Knocks And Bad Times - 3:10
11.Manfred Jones And Willie Drew (Lonnie Hillard) - 2:34
All songs by Phil Sampson except where noted

Personnel
*Rudy Ramos - Lead Vocals
*Phil Sampson - Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harp
*Doyle Madden - Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
*Bruce Hauser - Bass
*Rich Cliborn - Electric Guitar
*Lonnie Hillard - Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
*Richard Bell - Keyboards
*Ernest Paul Foster - Backing Vocals
*Jimy Nielsen - Electric Guitar, Bass
*Michael Ney - Drums, Percussion
*Bill Boatman - Drums, Percussion