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Ralph Carney is an American musician, composer, and actor. He is best known for his work with Tom Waits, as well as his solo work. He has also worked with artists such as Elvis Costello, The B-52s, and The Black Keys. Ralph Carney was born on January 23, 1956 in Akron, Ohio. He began playing the saxophone at the age of nine, and by the time he was a teenager, he was playing professionally. He attended the University of Akron, where he studied music and composition. Ralph Carney has released several solo albums, including Ralph Sounds (1995), I Like You a Lot (1998), and Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project (2003). He has also composed music for films, including The Big Lebowski (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Ralph Carney is married to singer-songwriter and actress, Heather Carney. They have two children together. As of 2021, Ralph Carney's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Occupation Singer · composer · multi-instrumentalist
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 23 January, 1956
Birthday 23 January
Birthplace Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 16 December 2017,
Died Place Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2017

Carney died on December 17, 2017, at the age of 61, from head injuries sustained falling down steps in his home in Portland, Oregon the previous day. He was survived by his daughter, Hedda, as well as his partner, Megan Hinchliffe.

2014

Carney collaborated with the Black Keys on their album Attack & Release. He occasionally joined them on stage when they toured that record. In 2014, he collaborated with his nephew Patrick for the BoJack Horseman theme song. He toured with They Might Be Giants in the fall of 2009. He recorded and performed with Black Francis in 2008 a score for the Silent film Der Golem, he guested with Yo La Tengo and Medeski Martin & Wood for live shows in 2010 and 2011. He recorded on a T Bone Burnett-produced project the Ghost Brothers of Darkland County with Marc Ribot and Elvis Costello, as yet unreleased. He performed on many Hal Willner-produced shows at UCLA's Royce Hall including a Tribute to Harry Smith in 2001, with a huge number of performers including Todd Rundgren, Phillip Glass, and David Johanson.

2003

A documentary film has been in the works for the past few years about him called This Is! Ralph Carney, which is named after his 2003 album.

1997

Carney grew up in Akron, Ohio, and listened to music on a windup record player. He was the youngest of three siblings. His older brother, Jim Carney, is a retired longtime Akron Beacon Journal reporter. His sister, Patsy Carney, died in 1997 after a long battle with breast cancer. His father, William Carney, worked in polyester research for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., headquartered in Akron. Ralph Carney showed an early interest in art, but turned to music in the eighth grade. He started learning five string banjo, violin, and harmonica and played bluegrass and country blues. His father, as well as his mother, Madge Carney, encouraged his interest in music. At age 15 he started to play saxophone. He also worked in a mall record store.

1994

Carney composed music for two poetry records on Paris Records (both yet to be released). One was with poet Robert Creeley called Really!. He also did music for an Ira Cohen record called the Stauffenberg Cycle. In 1994 Ralph performed on the Kathy Acker record Redoing Childhood (Paris Records). He did some songs for some flash Web Premiere Toons cartoons on CartoonNetwork.com in 2001. His old band Tin Huey put out a compilation CD of unreleased material in 2009 on Smog Veil Records. He did a collaboration with David Greenberger who puts out the Duplex Planet called Oh Pa that came out in late 2011. After 2009 he recorded and played gigs with his Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project. A new record Seriously was issued in July 2011 on Smog Veil Records.

1970

In addition to work with Tin Huey in the 1970s and Tom Waits from the 1980s to present, Carney also recorded or performed with Dieselhed, Marc Ribot, The B-52's, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Les Claypool, Stan Ridgway, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jed Davis, Bill Laswell, and HowellDevine, among others. Carney released several solo albums and was a member of the Oranj Symphonette with fellow Waits alumni Joe Gore and Matt Brubeck. He also headed up San Francisco's Carneyball Johnson, playing on saxophones, Turkish clarinet, piccolo, trumpet, percussion and vocals.

1956

Ralph Carney (January 23, 1956 – December 16, 2017) was an American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. While his primary instruments were various saxophones and clarinets, Carney also collected and played many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones.