Ruby & The Rogues

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck presents Ruby & The Rogues.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist, Ruby Rendrag, was born at Ochsner to a Houma Indian Mother and a banjo playing, West Virginian Father.

Ruby has been a part of the New Orleans music scene for 15 years performing as a solo artist and as a side woman with many local acts. She lives a life immersed in music.

As manager of Music Shed Studios, she helps local, national and international artists plan and execute their recording projects.

She infuses Ruby & The Rogues with lyrical immediacy, a percussive guitar style and her bluegrass-Led Zeppelin-80’s underground influences.

Percussionist, Michael Ennis, sits on a box called a “cajon” with shakers strapped to his shoes surrounded by cymbals, a djembe, congas and an assortment of other “bells and whistles”. With the power of a rock drummer, Mike constructs the backbone for the trio using finesse, space, intensity and color. This ex-bull ridin’, motorcycle trekkin’, blue-eyed Texan has called New Orleans his home for 33 years.

Cellist, Suki Kuehn, was born in Japan, lived throughout the US and decidedly settled in New Orleans after a stint driving subs for the Navy. He plays an old cello bought from a lady in a dark alley in the French Quarter. Using a few choice effects, Suki creates prosodic phrases that “sing” between the lines, echoing or responding to the lyrics and exposing the depth of those unspoken sensibilities within the songs.

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