Ralph Carney
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Ralph Carney is an American musician. While his primary instruments are various saxophones and clarinets, Carney collects and plays many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones.
He was a founding member of Tin Huey, and is perhaps best known for his long association with singer Tom Waits. He has also recorded or performed with Dieselhed, Marc Ribot, The B-52's, Elvis Costello, Les Claypool and Bill Laswell. Ralph Carney has released several solo albums and was a member of the Oranj Symphonette with fellow Waits alumni, Joe Gore and Matt Brubeck. He also heads up San Francisco's Carneyball Johnson, featuring Carney on saxophones, turkish clarinet, piccolo, trumpet, percusssion and volcals; Channel 23 alumnus Kimo Ball on guitar and vocals; Scott Johnson on drums and vocals; and Allen Whitman on bass and vocals.
Ralph is the uncle of The Black Keys drummer Pat Carney and recently joined them on stage during a performance at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
