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'''Ron Nagle''' (b. San Francisco, California, February 21, 1939) is an American ceramic sculptor, musician and songwriter.<ref name=sfgate>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ron-Nagle-baron-of-sculptural-intelligence-2830307.php |title=Ron Nagle, 'baron of sculptural intelligence,' works with the groove of small things |publisher=SFGate |date=2004-01-16 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref> |
'''Ron Nagle''' (b. San Francisco, California, February 21, 1939) is an American ceramic sculptor, musician and songwriter.<ref name=sfgate>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ron-Nagle-baron-of-sculptural-intelligence-2830307.php |title=Ron Nagle, 'baron of sculptural intelligence,' works with the groove of small things |publisher=SFGate |date=2004-01-16 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref> |
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===As An Artist=== |
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Between 1961 and 1978, he taught at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], the [[University of California at Berkeley]], and the [[California College of Arts and Crafts]] before becoming a professor of art at [[Mills College]]. Nagle is considered part of the [[Abstract Expressionist|Abstract Expressionist Ceramics]] group that developed around [[Peter Voulkos]]. [[Kenneth Price|Ken Price]] and [[Michael Frimkess]] were major influences in his early career. Having seen an exhibition of paintings by [[Giorgio Morandi]], Nagle decided to focus on making cups, and has worked almost exclusively on variations of cups, often pushing the form to the point of abstraction. Nagle lives and works in San Francisco, California.<ref name=sfgate/> |
Between 1961 and 1978, he taught at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], the [[University of California at Berkeley]], and the [[California College of Arts and Crafts]] before becoming a professor of art at [[Mills College]]. Nagle is considered part of the [[Abstract Expressionist|Abstract Expressionist Ceramics]] group that developed around [[Peter Voulkos]]. [[Kenneth Price|Ken Price]] and [[Michael Frimkess]] were major influences in his early career. Having seen an exhibition of paintings by [[Giorgio Morandi]], Nagle decided to focus on making cups, and has worked almost exclusively on variations of cups, often pushing the form to the point of abstraction. Nagle lives and works in San Francisco, California.<ref name=sfgate/> |
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===As Musician and Songwriter; Nagle, Mathews and The Dūrocs=== |
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Nagle also was a musician and singer, performing in the band [[The Mystery Trend]] in [[San Francisco]] from 1965 - 1968. In 1970, he issued a solo album on Warner Bros. Records called Bad Rice, most of which was produced by [[Jack Nitzsche]]. Nagle plays keyboards and sings. He wrote or co-wrote all of the songs. [[Ry Cooder]] plays guitar on two of the tracks. The album received some favorable reviews and has become a [[cult favorite]]. |
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Nagle teamed up with songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist, [[Scott Mathews]] in 1975 and wrote songs for [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Jefferson Starship]], [[Sammy Hagar]], [[The Tubes]], [[Michelle Phillips]] and many other major recording artists. This partnership turned into a band project called The Dūrocs (named after a breed of pig with extremely big ears and testicles). The Dūrocs were signed to [[Capitol Records]] in 1979 and released an album that received five stars in [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] and spawned some European hits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theseconddisc.com/category/mick-fleetwood/ |title=Mick Fleetwood « The Second Disc |publisher=Theseconddisc.com |date=2012-06-08 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref> Nagle and Mathews broke into a Capitol Records sales meeting being held by the president of the company and disrupted the proceedings with midgets blasting fanfare trumpets and squealing pigs running lose through the legs of the executives. The Dūrocs were unceremoniously dropped from the label shortly after the incident. |
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Not wanting to be recording artists that toured, Nagle and Mathews built their own studio (The Pig Pen) and continued producing projects for others including [[John Hiatt]]'s breakthrough album, ''[[Riding With the King]]'', [[Paul Kantner]]'s [[Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (album)|Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra]], and a host of others. In 1999, the Dūrocs contributed to the [[tribute album]] for [[Moby Grape]] co-founder, [[Skip Spence]], who was terminally ill with cancer. The album, ''[[More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album]]'' ([[Birdman Records|Birdman]], 1999), contained [[cover version]]s of the songs from Spence's only solo album, ''[[Oar (Skip Spence album)|Oar]]'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1969). |
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==Nagle Today== |
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While his work in ceramics remain Nagle's main career, he is still writing and recording music with Mathews. A new album entitled ''She Lies'' was initially scheduled for 2009 release, but has been rescheduled. |
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Ron Nagle is mentioned in Leo Kottke's "Tilt Billings and the Student Prince." Unfortunately for Tilt, it was at one of Ron's parties "where a drunk stumbled by and sat down where he laid it(the most incredible guitar, 'The Student Prince.') ...and he's never sounded quite the same since." |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Ron Nagle (b. San Francisco, California, February 21, 1939) is an American ceramic sculptor, musician and songwriter.[1]
Between 1961 and 1978, he taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, the University of California at Berkeley, and the California College of Arts and Crafts before becoming a professor of art at Mills College. Nagle is considered part of the Abstract Expressionist Ceramics group that developed around Peter Voulkos. Ken Price and Michael Frimkess were major influences in his early career. Having seen an exhibition of paintings by Giorgio Morandi, Nagle decided to focus on making cups, and has worked almost exclusively on variations of cups, often pushing the form to the point of abstraction. Nagle lives and works in San Francisco, California.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Ron Nagle, 'baron of sculptural intelligence,' works with the groove of small things". SFGate. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- McTwigan, Michael, Ron Nagle, A Survey Exhibition 1958-1993, Oakland, CA, Mills College Art Gallery, 1993.