Ronnie Caldwell
Ronnie Caldwell | |
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| Born | (1948-12-27)December 27, 1948 |
| Died | December 10, 1967(1967-12-10) (aged 18) |
| Formerly of | Bar-Kays |
Musical artist
Ronald Louis Caldwell (December 27, 1948 – December 10, 1967) was an American soul and R&B musician.
A keyboard player, Caldwell was the only white member of the Bar-Kays musical group based in Memphis, Tennessee. The group recorded with and also accompanied singer Otis Redding. According to James Alexander, Caldwell was fully accepted within Memphis' black community, to the point that Caldwell felt free to go about in public with his black girlfriend, despite the attitude of racial segregation prevalent at that time.
Caldwell died on December 10, 1967, seventeen days prior to his 19th birthday, of a plane crash in Lake Monona with Redding and three other band members (Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham and Jimmie King), their valet Matthew Kelly and the pilot Richard Fraser while on their way to a performance in Madison, Wisconsin.
Caldwell is interred in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.
External links
- Ronnie Caldwell at Find a Grave
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Bar-Kays
- James Alexander
- Larry Dodson
- Vernon Burch
- Ronnie Caldwell
- Ben Cauley
- Carl Cunningham
- Ronnie Gorden
- Willie Hall
- Harvey Henderson
- Phalon Jones
- Larry Smith
- Charles "Scoops" Allen
- Jimmie King
- Lloyd Smith
- Michael Toles
- Marcus Price
- Angelo Earl
- Winston Stewart
- Frank Thompson
- Soul Finger (1967)
- Coldblooded (1974)
- Too Hot to Stop (1976)
- Flying High on Your Love (1977)
- Money Talks (1978)
- Light of Life (1978)
- Injoy (1979)
- As One (1980)
- Nightcruising (1981)
- Propositions (1982)
- Dangerous (1984)
- Animal (1989)
- Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
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