Ron Thompson will be performing at Quady Winery Saturday May 17th from 5-7p.m.

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Spring Wine Trail Adventure
May 17th & 18th
10am - 5pm

Concert on the Court
May 17th
5-8pm

Quady Winery will host a live blues concert featuring legendary rhythm and blues guitarist and master keyboardist Ron Thompson performing Saturday from 5-7pm.    Ron has performed with artists such as John Lee Hooker, Etta James, BB King, Mick Fleetwood and Elvin Bishop.  Howl’n Howard jams on from 7-8pm.  $5.00 cover charge for non-Club Quady Members. Click here to view our Club Quady page.  Co-sponsored by Madera Breakfast Lions, who will be serving a BBQ lunch and dinner from 12-7pm.  Howl’n Howard performs his rock and blues both Saturday and Sunday throughout the day. Enjoy award winning wines paired with sweet and savory treats.  Featured wines are The Electra Freeze, The Vya French Kiss, Essensia Spritzer, Elysium Cooler and our newest cool experience Purple Ice.  Don’t sweat it, get cool at Quady! 

 Not many living blues musicians can say they have performed with and recorded for legends like Big Mama Thornton, Sonny Rhodes, Luther Tucker, Jimmy McCracklin, Pee Wee Crayton, Carla Thomas, Booker T. Jones, Percy Mayfield, Etta  James, B.B. King, and Jimmy Reed. Ron Thompson can, and that's just the beginning!

Ron Thompson is a legendary rhythm and blues guitarist and master keyboardist whose career began in  the rough and tumble world of East San Francisco Bay nightclubs and bars in the early '70s. During many years of touring coast to coast with John Lee Hooker, Hooker was quoted as saying, "Ron Thompson, he's my main man!"

After serving as John Lee Hooker's bandleader for seven years, Thompson went on to form his own group, Ron Thompson and His Resisters, and toured extensively in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Central America. In the early 80's, Ron met Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) and the two became musical partners and close friends. Mick convinced Ron to move to Los Angeles where they formed the band, Mick Fleetwood's Blue Whale.

Ron Thompson was recently honored by the City of San Francisco for his decades of musical contributions. By official proclamation of Mayor Gavin Newsom, September 5, 2007, was declared "Ron Thompson Day in San Francisco."

Thompson performed extensively in 2007, including a summer tour with Chris Isaak; two shows with Bruce Willis; a week on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise in October with such musical VIPs as Taj Mahal and Elvin Bishop; as well as headlining a number of festivals throughout the United States... and soon... Quady Winery!