Ralph Carney [extended]

• I Like You (a Lot) [Akron Cracker, 1999]
• This Is! Ralph Carney [Black Beauty, 2003] **
• Carneyball Johnson [Akron Cracker, 2006] **
• Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project [Akron Cracker, 2009] ***
• Oh, Pa [Pel Pel, 2012] *
• Songs for Unsung Holidays [Smog Veil, 2018] **

See Also:

• Carneyball Johnson
• David Greenberger & Ralph Carney
• Chris Butler & Ralph Carney
• Chris Butler & Ralph Carney

Consumer Guide Reviews:

I Like You (a Lot) [Akron Cracker, 1999]

This Is! Ralph Carney [Black Beauty, 2003]
A Buckeye Hornman--not quite as funny as a Hoosier Hotshot, but sweeter ("Turkey Neck," "Jug Gland Music"). **

Carneyball Johnson: Carneyball Johnson [Akron Cracker, 2006]
Mr. Ralph Carney and his small ensemble play the works of Zappa, Prado, Ra, Monk, Cream, Dekker, and others ("Jackie-ing," "Intensified Festival '68"). **

Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project [Akron Cracker, 2009]
Serious by Carney's standards, which means teaching '40s honker Big Jay McNeely "Futuristic Rhythm," a Fields-McHugh song written in 1929 ("Backtrackin'," "Blow Big Ralph [aka Blow Big Jay]"). ***

David Greenberger & Ralph Carney: Oh, Pa [Pel Pel, 2012]
Starring 75-year-old smoker and verbal gymnast Fergie, with everybody else a sideshow ("The Fergie and David Show: The Meaning of Embarrassment," "Fergie's Gilligan's Island," "Reason to Get Up," "The Fergie & David Show: A Recording Session") *

Chris Butler & Ralph Carney: Songs for Unsung Holidays [Smog Veil, 2018]
Pan-instrumental dynamo and world's friendliest saxophone player collaborate one last time after the latter asks, "How come there are no more silly bands?" ("Salami Appreciation Day," "Blessing of the Bikes Day," "Day of the Dead") **