Rocky Ramirez
It all started for me in Stockton, CA. in the the mid 80's when Rock began singing, playing piano, and writing songs at the age of 13. At 16 years old, he met some amazing young musicians from Franklin High School in East Stockton at an all city band performance. By the time he was 17, he was recording in Los Angeles at Ameraycan Studios under the creative tutelage/vocal coaching of Philip Ingram (Switch, Motown) and Ollie Brown (Ollie&Jerry). After that crash course into the world of the LA music scene where Rocky recorded demos with great folks like Philip Ingram, Marc Nelson (Az Yet), and shopping tunes to labels, and publishers, he headed back to Northern California and just kept writing music for artists and gigging. From playing keyboards at 19 years old with Confunkshun saxophonist Ron Moton, to performing solo piano and singing every summer weekend at my favorite Caribbean restaurant The Breadfruit Tree, eventually some of his music began to find its way into the hands of other artists and producers.
To date, music he's created has been recorded and produced by artists such as Jeff Lorber, Brian Bromberg, Les Sabler, Eric Marienthal, Toni Scruggs, Rahsaan Patterson, and R&B crooner Keith Eric Martin. He's had the pleasure to share the stage with some of his favorite artists: Jon B, Morris Day and The Time, Donell Jones, as well as residencies with his own band project: Love City Riot.
Home Base: San Francisco