About the author
Ron Keel made heavy metal history in the 80's as frontman for the band KEEL, with several million albums sold and opening shows for Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Van Halen, Aerosmith and others - he made headlines not only with that band, but in a brief stint with Black Sabbath as well as a journey deep down the back roads of country music.
In his own words: "I was an honor student, and a high school dropout. I’ve been homeless and I’ve lived in mansions and five star hotels. From hitchhiking to sports cars, from Madison Square Garden to the Buffalo Chip Saloon, from the mean streets of downtown Los Angeles to the backroads of the Wild West and back again, I’ve had a lot of dreams – and nightmares – come true.
"I’ve been married and divorced several times, I’m a father and a grandfather, I’ve made a fortune and pissed it away and made it back. I’ve climbed mountains, sailed the sea, and traveled the world, slept with psychos and centerfolds, gone from heavy metal hero to honky tonk has-been – and back again. As a musician and singer, I’ve participated in roughly fifty album projects so far; I’ve been a rock star and a country singer, as well as a songwriter, a radio and TV show host, a TV and film actor, a celebrity impersonator/tribute artist, a record producer, manager, video director, sound engineer, production manager, a roadie, a Las Vegas show producer and entertainment director, a counselor at Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, I was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s T-shirt guy, and now I’m an author. At the core of it all, I’m an entertainer. And whether in my songs, on stage or backstage, in interviews and meetings, around a campfire or at a bar with a shot of whiskey in my hand, one thing is constant: I’m a storyteller."