# Ron Meagher

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{{Short description|American bassist (born 1941)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Ron Meagher
| image             = Ron Meagher.png
| caption           = Meagher in 1965
| birth_name        = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1945|10|2}}
| birth_place       = [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_California), U.S.
| origin            = 
| genre             = [Folk rock](/source/Folk_rock), [pop rock](/source/pop_rock), [garage rock](/source/garage_rock)
| occupation        = Bassist
| years_active      = 1964–present
| associated_acts   = [The Beau Brummels](/source/The_Beau_Brummels), The Black Velvet Band
}}

'''Ron Meagher''' (born October 2, 1945) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band [The Beau Brummels](/source/The_Beau_Brummels). 

== The Beau Brummels ==
{{Main articles|The Beau Brummels}}
When guitarist-songwriter [Ron Elliott](/source/Ron_Elliott_(musician)) was putting the band together in 1964, he asked a friend, Kay Dane, if she knew any good bass players.<ref name="garage">{{cite book
| last=Tahsler
| first=Bruce
| title=''Garage Bands From the Sixties, Then and Now''
| publisher=Teens 'N Twenties Publications
| location=San Francisco
| edition=2nd
| year=2007
| page=73
| isbn=978-1-4243-1813-1}}</ref>
Dane recommended Meagher, but cautioned, "He's kind of weird. He has long hair!"<ref name="garage" /> After joining the band, Meagher proved to be important to the band's image, as he was one of the first American rock musicians with [Beatlesque](/source/Beatlesque) hair.<ref name="meagherbio">{{cite web
  | title = Ron Meagher – Biography
  | publisher = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) ([Rovi Corporation](/source/Rovi_Corporation))
  | date = 
  | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p104851|pure_url=yes}}
  | format =
  | doi =
  | accessdate = August 27, 2009}}</ref> In addition to providing backing vocals, Meagher sang lead on occasion, as on "They'll Make You Cry," a song from the band's 1965 debut album, ''[Introducing the Beau Brummels](/source/Introducing_the_Beau_Brummels)''.<ref name="meagherbio" />
Meagher appeared with the band in the 1965 [science-fiction](/source/Science_fiction)/comedy movie ''[Village of the Giants](/source/Village_of_the_Giants)'', which was featured in a 1994 episode of ''[Mystery Science Theater 3000](/source/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000)''.<ref>{{cite book
| last=Renzi
| first=Thomas C.
| title=H.G. Wells: Six Scientific Romances Adapted for Film
| edition=2nd
| publisher=Scarecrow Press
| page=173
| location=Lanham, Md.
| year=2004
| isbn=978-0-8108-4989-1}}</ref>
He remained with the band as it reduced from a quintet to a trio by 1967's critically acclaimed album ''[Triangle](/source/Triangle_(The_Beau_Brummels_album))''.<ref>{{cite book
| last=Unterberger
| first=Richie
| title=Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators and Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock
| edition=
| publisher=[Miller Freeman, Inc.](/source/Miller_Freeman%2C_Inc.)
| pages=[https://archive.org/details/urbanspacemenway0000unte/page/180 180]
| location=San Francisco
| year=2000
| isbn=978-0-87930-616-8
| url=https://archive.org/details/urbanspacemenway0000unte/page/180
}}</ref>

During the recording of the band's next album, 1968's ''[Bradley's Barn](/source/Bradley's_Barn_(album))'', Meagher was drafted, becoming one of the few musicians from a well-known rock band to serve in the military at the height of the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).<ref name="meagherbio" />  Over the next three decades, Meagher has also participated in several Beau Brummels revivals, most notably in the mid-1970s when the band released a 1975 [self-titled reunion album](/source/The_Beau_Brummels_(album)).<ref>{{cite book |last1=March |first1=Jeff |title=Echoes of the Sixties |last2=Childs |first2=Marti |publisher=[Billboard Books](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-8230-8316-9 |edition= |location=New York |page=136}}</ref> After he was discharged two years later, Meagher played in the Black Velvet Band with former Beau Brummels bandmate [Declan Mulligan](/source/Declan_Mulligan).<ref name="meagherbio" />
== Discography ==
{{Main articles|The Beau Brummels discography}}

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:Living people
Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:The Beau Brummels members
Category:Guitarists from California
Category:Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area

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