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Rock artists are always reinventing themselves, but who could have ever imagined drummer Tommy Ramone reemerging as a bluegrass picker? For Ramone (born Thomas Erdelyi, January 29, 1952) the stretch isn't as far as you'd think. "I've been into old time music since I was a kid," Ramone said in a 2007 interview. "My older brother would bring string-band and folk music records home from the library. We'd make tape copies and I'd listen to them all the time. I've always been into music of classic simplicity, with basic chord structures, but great depth of meaning and emotion. There is a direct connection between genuine folk music and punk. You can hear [that influence] on songs like "Susie Is a Headbanger," "Can't Give You Anything" and the musical arrangements on the album, Road to Ruin to name just a few."
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